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her helmet is crested, covers the back of the neck, and has
an ornamented geisson or frontal ridge; at the feet of Theseus
the podanipter in which Skiron compelled all travellers to
wash his feet; it has handles studded with knobs termi-
nating at their attachments in the honeysuckle ornament;
inside the cup, [V.] contest with the Minotaur; Theseus is
about to pierce the Minotaur with his sword, which he
holds in his right hand and the scabbard of which hangs
at his left side; the monster is represented with a bull's
head and a human body covered with a spotted skin, perhaps
in allusion to his other name, Asterion or Asterios ; the spots
terminate at the ancles and wrists; he has fallen on his right
knee, and vainly endeavours to stay the sword of Theseus by
grasping the blade; with his left hand the hero has seized
the left wrist of the Minotaur, rendering useless the stone
which he grasps in his clenched hand; behind Theseus,
AOPIS EAPA0[S]EN, "Doris painted [me] 5" in all these
scenes Theseus is represented beardless; he has long hair
looped up behind with a diadem, in the fashion called after his
name Theseis ; in all the scenes except [II.] he wears a trans-
parent chiton reaching to the hips and falling in a fold over the
girdle; it is gathered up at regular intervals so as to present
an indented outline at the bottom of the skirt, and is encircled
a little higher by a black line. Vulci. C*
No. 183. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb. Taf. ccxxxiv.
824.* Shallow two-handled cup. cxliv. 4t80- in. by
12-jSj-in. Design red on a black ground ; the inner markings
faintly traced in red with accessories in white; round the outside
and inside of the cup a frieze representing the exploits of The-
seus; round the outside from right to left; [I.] contest
with the robber, Sinis Pityokamptes ; Sinis has fallen on his
knees and clings for support to the pine tree which Theseus
has bent down with his left hand; with his right the hero
seizes Sinis by his left arm, dragging him away from the stem
of the tree towards the branch to which he is about to attach
him; the robber is bald on the forehead and has a shaggy
beard; [II.] contest with the sow of Krommyon; The-
seus, sword in hand, and with his chlamys worn on his left arm
as a shield, stands awaiting the onward rush of the sow, who
springs forward at him ; at the side of the animal stands the
nymph Phaia; she has long, white hair as if from extreme old
age, and wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, and bound with a
her helmet is crested, covers the back of the neck, and has
an ornamented geisson or frontal ridge; at the feet of Theseus
the podanipter in which Skiron compelled all travellers to
wash his feet; it has handles studded with knobs termi-
nating at their attachments in the honeysuckle ornament;
inside the cup, [V.] contest with the Minotaur; Theseus is
about to pierce the Minotaur with his sword, which he
holds in his right hand and the scabbard of which hangs
at his left side; the monster is represented with a bull's
head and a human body covered with a spotted skin, perhaps
in allusion to his other name, Asterion or Asterios ; the spots
terminate at the ancles and wrists; he has fallen on his right
knee, and vainly endeavours to stay the sword of Theseus by
grasping the blade; with his left hand the hero has seized
the left wrist of the Minotaur, rendering useless the stone
which he grasps in his clenched hand; behind Theseus,
AOPIS EAPA0[S]EN, "Doris painted [me] 5" in all these
scenes Theseus is represented beardless; he has long hair
looped up behind with a diadem, in the fashion called after his
name Theseis ; in all the scenes except [II.] he wears a trans-
parent chiton reaching to the hips and falling in a fold over the
girdle; it is gathered up at regular intervals so as to present
an indented outline at the bottom of the skirt, and is encircled
a little higher by a black line. Vulci. C*
No. 183. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb. Taf. ccxxxiv.
824.* Shallow two-handled cup. cxliv. 4t80- in. by
12-jSj-in. Design red on a black ground ; the inner markings
faintly traced in red with accessories in white; round the outside
and inside of the cup a frieze representing the exploits of The-
seus; round the outside from right to left; [I.] contest
with the robber, Sinis Pityokamptes ; Sinis has fallen on his
knees and clings for support to the pine tree which Theseus
has bent down with his left hand; with his right the hero
seizes Sinis by his left arm, dragging him away from the stem
of the tree towards the branch to which he is about to attach
him; the robber is bald on the forehead and has a shaggy
beard; [II.] contest with the sow of Krommyon; The-
seus, sword in hand, and with his chlamys worn on his left arm
as a shield, stands awaiting the onward rush of the sow, who
springs forward at him ; at the side of the animal stands the
nymph Phaia; she has long, white hair as if from extreme old
age, and wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, and bound with a