A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 2) (London, 1870)

OF VASES. 117

effaced; 1. in a distyle heroon a naked athlete moving to
the right and looking hack; he holds in his right hand a
bucket, and in his left hand a phiale (?); a chlamys is twisted
round his left arm ; between his legs a tympanon(9.), before
his face a flower ; on either side of the heroon a tall calathus
lull of fruits, above which a ball; the calathi and the base-
ment of the tomb have been ornamented with zigzags and
horizontal bands in white ; 2. rev. a female head to the left
ornamented with earrings and a necklace : the hair is
gathered under a woven cap, open and tied behind ; this cap
is radiated over the forehead and ornamented with parallel
bands and lines radiating from the back of the head; 3.
on the neck, obv. a female head to the front, ornamented
with a sphendone over the forehead; the hair gathered
under a cap behind ; on each side of the head a flower ; the
handles of this vase are ornamented with Gorgon masks; at
their lower attachment they curl over in two loops, terminat-
ing in swans' heads. H.

1428. Krater, with Medallion Handles, ccxvii.
2 ft. 8T7o in. by 1 ft. 1^ hi. Design red and white on a
black ground; 1. the sacrifice of Iphigenia; in the centre
of the scene a square altar on two steps, surmounted by a
cornice enriched with leaves, and below which a knotted
sash hangs from the face of the altar; on the right of the
altar is Iphigenia, beyond whom and nearly concealed by
her figure is the hind, substituted for her as a victim,
standing on its hind legs; in the centre of the scene, behind
the altar, stands the priest Calchas holding out the sacrificial
knife in his right hand towards the head of the hind; in his
left he holds a sceptre; on the left of the altar is a youthful
beardless figure stooping forward with a phiale full of fruits
and branches, which he holds over the altar with his left
hand; he stands on rising ground, his left foot being highest;
his right hand holds an oinochoe; a mantle is thrown round
his body and hangs over his left arm ; above this figure is
Apollo naked and seated on a rock, over which is thrown
his chlamys; he is beardless; his face appears to have been
retouched ; in his right hand he holds a laurel branch ; his
body is turned to the left, but his head looks round towards
the altar; on the extreme left is a female figure standing on
the lower level, who has held in her left hand some object,
perhaps a flower ; her right rests on her hip; her hair is