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OF VASES. 209
extreme left, a female figure running to the left, but look-
ing back towards a youthful male figure, who advances
towards her, and who is followed by a female figure moving
rapidly from right to left; behind this last-named figure, on
the extreme right, a youthful male figure stands, looking in
the same direction, whom a female figure, placed under the
handle of the vase, follows rapidly; the female figure on
the extreme left, already described, holds out in her
right hand a myrtle wreath towards a youthful male figure
advancing towards her from the left; she looks back towards
the youth who follows her, holding out towards him a
phialS with fruits ; her hair is bound with a beaded sphen-
done ; she wears a necklace, armlets, sandals, a talaric chiton,
girt at the waist and striped down the side, and a small
mantle edged with black; the youthful male figure, to
whom she looks back, advances towards her his right hand,
holding in his left a stick ; he is beardless ; his hair is bound
with a diadem and a myrtle wreath, which is nearly effaced ;
he wears a bordered chlamys, hanging from the shoulders,
and sandals; his left leg has been repainted; the female
figure advancing rapidly behind him holds out in her right
hand a mirror ; her hair is covered with an embroidered cap,
and ornamented over the forehead with an ampyx ; she wears
a necklace, armlets, a talaric chiton, and a bordered peplos,
which is wound round the lower part of the body and the
left shoulder, her left arm and hand being enveloped in it;
the youthful male figure behind her is beardless; he wears a
diadem and myrtle wreath, a bordered mantle wrapped round
his body, and sandals; his right forearm and hand have been
repainted; the female figure advancing behind him from the
right has her hair partially concealed by a cap, open behind;
she wears a necklace, armlets, a small peplos thrown over her
shoulders and extended arms, sandals, and a talaric chiton,
striped down the side and girt at the waist; the head and
right arm of this figure have been repainted : on the reverse
of the vase are two male and three female figures, advancing
rapidly from left to right towards the figures already
described; the first of these is a male figure, on the
extreme right, advancing to receive in his right hand a
myrtle wreath held out to him by a female figure already
described ; the male figure is beardless, and has long hair,
bound with a diadem ; he wears a bordered chlamys hanging
from his arms, and sandals; in his left hand is a situla,
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extreme left, a female figure running to the left, but look-
ing back towards a youthful male figure, who advances
towards her, and who is followed by a female figure moving
rapidly from right to left; behind this last-named figure, on
the extreme right, a youthful male figure stands, looking in
the same direction, whom a female figure, placed under the
handle of the vase, follows rapidly; the female figure on
the extreme left, already described, holds out in her
right hand a myrtle wreath towards a youthful male figure
advancing towards her from the left; she looks back towards
the youth who follows her, holding out towards him a
phialS with fruits ; her hair is bound with a beaded sphen-
done ; she wears a necklace, armlets, sandals, a talaric chiton,
girt at the waist and striped down the side, and a small
mantle edged with black; the youthful male figure, to
whom she looks back, advances towards her his right hand,
holding in his left a stick ; he is beardless ; his hair is bound
with a diadem and a myrtle wreath, which is nearly effaced ;
he wears a bordered chlamys, hanging from the shoulders,
and sandals; his left leg has been repainted; the female
figure advancing rapidly behind him holds out in her right
hand a mirror ; her hair is covered with an embroidered cap,
and ornamented over the forehead with an ampyx ; she wears
a necklace, armlets, a talaric chiton, and a bordered peplos,
which is wound round the lower part of the body and the
left shoulder, her left arm and hand being enveloped in it;
the youthful male figure behind her is beardless; he wears a
diadem and myrtle wreath, a bordered mantle wrapped round
his body, and sandals; his right forearm and hand have been
repainted; the female figure advancing behind him from the
right has her hair partially concealed by a cap, open behind;
she wears a necklace, armlets, a small peplos thrown over her
shoulders and extended arms, sandals, and a talaric chiton,
striped down the side and girt at the waist; the head and
right arm of this figure have been repainted : on the reverse
of the vase are two male and three female figures, advancing
rapidly from left to right towards the figures already
described; the first of these is a male figure, on the
extreme right, advancing to receive in his right hand a
myrtle wreath held out to him by a female figure already
described ; the male figure is beardless, and has long hair,
bound with a diadem ; he wears a bordered chlamys hanging
from his arms, and sandals; in his left hand is a situla,
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