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126 CATALOGUE
white ; the antagonist of Axes has a Satyric"mask, with pro-
truding lips covered with shaggy hair ; on his head is a conical
cap covered with a lozenge pattern, and surmounted by a
sprig ; Hephaistos wears a chiton with sleeves, anaxyrides
bound at the knees, and sandals; his chiton scarcely reaches
to the hips ; above his head, AAIAAAOZ, " Daidalos," a
pomegranate fruit and a bukranion, from which hangs a
stemma; behind him a flower; Hera sits half turned to the
left, but looking round towards Ares; in her right hand a
sceptre ; her hair falls down her back and is surmounted by
a crown, Stephanos; she wears armlets, a talaric chiton with
looped up sleeves, a borderedpeplos, and sandals; her feet
are placed on a footstool; the back of her throne is sur-
mounted by a row of honeysuckle ornaments, anthemion;
the legs are richly carved ; her sceptre is surmounted by a
flower; over her head {-HPA, "Hera," and a mirror; the
stage, okribas, on which this scene takes place is represented
by a long plank supported by three uprights ; in the centre
a flight of five steps leads from the orchestra to the stage ; on
either side of these steps is a wreath suspended against the
side of the stage, hyposMnion; the sprig on the helmet of
Hephaistos, the handles of his shield, the flower behind him,
the ornaments of the throne, crown, and sceptre of Hera and
of the mirror above her, have been retouched in green over
the original white ; the inscriptions appear to have been
incised subsequently to the baking of the vase; 2. rev. a
male and a female figure bringing sepulchral offerings,
kterismata, to a stele ; on the right is a male figure holding
in his right hand a wreath, in his left a branch ; he is naked
and wears a diadem ; nearly all this figure has been repainted
and restored as a female clad in a chiton; he stands on a
slight eminence; before and behind him a flower ; above his
head a ball marked with a cross ; the figure standing opposite
holds in her left hand over the stele a pyxis full of flowers and
sprigs ; in her right a tall flower; her hair is partially covered
with a cap radiated in front and open behind; she wears
armlets and a talaric chiton girt at the waist and fastened bv
a circular clasp, perone, on the right shoulder ; on the stele a
floral ornament has been added by a modern hand; the tomb
stands on lower ground than the two figures ; on the base
of the shaft two courses of masonry are marked, but these
are modern additions; above the stele hangs an embroidered
sash; the ground in this scene is marked by irregular lines
white ; the antagonist of Axes has a Satyric"mask, with pro-
truding lips covered with shaggy hair ; on his head is a conical
cap covered with a lozenge pattern, and surmounted by a
sprig ; Hephaistos wears a chiton with sleeves, anaxyrides
bound at the knees, and sandals; his chiton scarcely reaches
to the hips ; above his head, AAIAAAOZ, " Daidalos," a
pomegranate fruit and a bukranion, from which hangs a
stemma; behind him a flower; Hera sits half turned to the
left, but looking round towards Ares; in her right hand a
sceptre ; her hair falls down her back and is surmounted by
a crown, Stephanos; she wears armlets, a talaric chiton with
looped up sleeves, a borderedpeplos, and sandals; her feet
are placed on a footstool; the back of her throne is sur-
mounted by a row of honeysuckle ornaments, anthemion;
the legs are richly carved ; her sceptre is surmounted by a
flower; over her head {-HPA, "Hera," and a mirror; the
stage, okribas, on which this scene takes place is represented
by a long plank supported by three uprights ; in the centre
a flight of five steps leads from the orchestra to the stage ; on
either side of these steps is a wreath suspended against the
side of the stage, hyposMnion; the sprig on the helmet of
Hephaistos, the handles of his shield, the flower behind him,
the ornaments of the throne, crown, and sceptre of Hera and
of the mirror above her, have been retouched in green over
the original white ; the inscriptions appear to have been
incised subsequently to the baking of the vase; 2. rev. a
male and a female figure bringing sepulchral offerings,
kterismata, to a stele ; on the right is a male figure holding
in his right hand a wreath, in his left a branch ; he is naked
and wears a diadem ; nearly all this figure has been repainted
and restored as a female clad in a chiton; he stands on a
slight eminence; before and behind him a flower ; above his
head a ball marked with a cross ; the figure standing opposite
holds in her left hand over the stele a pyxis full of flowers and
sprigs ; in her right a tall flower; her hair is partially covered
with a cap radiated in front and open behind; she wears
armlets and a talaric chiton girt at the waist and fastened bv
a circular clasp, perone, on the right shoulder ; on the stele a
floral ornament has been added by a modern hand; the tomb
stands on lower ground than the two figures ; on the base
of the shaft two courses of masonry are marked, but these
are modern additions; above the stele hangs an embroidered
sash; the ground in this scene is marked by irregular lines