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with the pyxis can hardly have been accidental. Newton,
Fine Arts Quarterly Eeview, 1864, iii. p. 1.
No. 2. Krater, with medallion handles. Death of
Hippolytos. The youthful hero is represented driving a
quadriga at speed, which is met by an Erinys, who seizes
the horses' heads, brandishing a torch. Under their feet,
the monster sent by Poseidon, and here represented as a
bull, is rising out of the sea. Behind the quadriga fol-
lows an aged paidagogos. Above this scene is an assembly
of gods. On the right are seated Aphrodite and Poseidon,
to whom Eros, standing by the goddess, offers a phiale. In
the centre of the scene stands Athene, holding her helmet
in her hand, and on the left is Pan, standing in front of
Apollo, who is seated, holding in his right hand a bow, in
his left a laurel branch. On the neck of the vase a youthful
head in a Phrygian cap issues from the calyx of a flower,
of which the tendrils and leaves are spread on each side.
Rev. Mourners bringing offerings to a tomb, heroon, repre-
sented as a distyle Ionic temple, within which is the
statue of a youthful hero. This magnificent vase is from
Ruvo, and was bequeathed by Sir Wm. Temple. The bronze
stand on which it rests is modern.
No. 3. Krater. The hunt of the Calydonian boar. The
scene takes place on broken ground, among brushwood,
indicated by stumps of trees and a sapling. The hunters
are five in number, of whom one is armed with a
large stone, another with a sword, and the rest with
spears and Argolic bucklers. This design is coarsely
painted in red, purple, yellow, and white, and is chiefly
remarkable for the unusual combination of colours. Rev.
Two draped male figures conversing. Pourtales. Cab.
Pourt. pi. 11; Vase Cat. No. 1437.
VASES ON TABLE CASE M.
No. 1. Krater, with medallion handles. (1) The taking
of Troy. In the centre of the scene is the Palladion, to
which Kassandra clings for protection, looking towards
Ajax O'ileus, who advances from the right to seize her. On
the left, another female figure, Helen (?), clasps the Palla-
dion, flying from a youthful warrior, Menelaos (?). On the
extreme left is an Ionic column on a higher level, which
probably represents the tomb of Hektor. In front of this
with the pyxis can hardly have been accidental. Newton,
Fine Arts Quarterly Eeview, 1864, iii. p. 1.
No. 2. Krater, with medallion handles. Death of
Hippolytos. The youthful hero is represented driving a
quadriga at speed, which is met by an Erinys, who seizes
the horses' heads, brandishing a torch. Under their feet,
the monster sent by Poseidon, and here represented as a
bull, is rising out of the sea. Behind the quadriga fol-
lows an aged paidagogos. Above this scene is an assembly
of gods. On the right are seated Aphrodite and Poseidon,
to whom Eros, standing by the goddess, offers a phiale. In
the centre of the scene stands Athene, holding her helmet
in her hand, and on the left is Pan, standing in front of
Apollo, who is seated, holding in his right hand a bow, in
his left a laurel branch. On the neck of the vase a youthful
head in a Phrygian cap issues from the calyx of a flower,
of which the tendrils and leaves are spread on each side.
Rev. Mourners bringing offerings to a tomb, heroon, repre-
sented as a distyle Ionic temple, within which is the
statue of a youthful hero. This magnificent vase is from
Ruvo, and was bequeathed by Sir Wm. Temple. The bronze
stand on which it rests is modern.
No. 3. Krater. The hunt of the Calydonian boar. The
scene takes place on broken ground, among brushwood,
indicated by stumps of trees and a sapling. The hunters
are five in number, of whom one is armed with a
large stone, another with a sword, and the rest with
spears and Argolic bucklers. This design is coarsely
painted in red, purple, yellow, and white, and is chiefly
remarkable for the unusual combination of colours. Rev.
Two draped male figures conversing. Pourtales. Cab.
Pourt. pi. 11; Vase Cat. No. 1437.
VASES ON TABLE CASE M.
No. 1. Krater, with medallion handles. (1) The taking
of Troy. In the centre of the scene is the Palladion, to
which Kassandra clings for protection, looking towards
Ajax O'ileus, who advances from the right to seize her. On
the left, another female figure, Helen (?), clasps the Palla-
dion, flying from a youthful warrior, Menelaos (?). On the
extreme left is an Ionic column on a higher level, which
probably represents the tomb of Hektor. In front of this