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VASES ON TABLE CASE N.
No. L Krater. The sacrifice of Tphigeneia. In the
centre of the scene is an altar, on the right of which stands
Iphigeneia, behind -whom, and nearly concealed by her
figure, is the hind substituted as a victim through the
intervention of Artemis; behind the altar stands the
ministering priest, Kalchas, holding out tlie sacrificial
knife. Above this group, on the left, is Apollo, seated, and
on the extreme right, Artemis, armed with a bow and two
spears. The treatment of the subject on this vase differs
materially from the mural painting found at Pompeii, in
which Agamemnon is introduced with his head veiled, as
in the picture by Timanthes described by Pliny, and the
hind is seen in the air above the altar. Rev. A scene
probably relating to the myth of Adonis. Basilicata. Pour-
tales. Vase Cat. No. 1428; Overbeck, Gall, heroisch.
Bildw. pi. xiv. fig. 9.
No. 2. Krater. (1) Sepulchral rites at a tomb, heroon,
represented as a distyle Ionic temple, within which is the
statue of a naked youth leaning over a loutron, into which
he dips his left hand; a phiale bangs from the ceiling of
the temple, and two more hang on the side wall. On
either side of the tomb are male and female figures bringing
offerings to the dead ; of these figures, three are on an upper
level. (2) On the neck, two lions rushing at each other.
Rev. Sepulchral rites at a tomb represented as a tall Doric
column on three steps. Round the shaft is a white sash,
and on the steps several white and black sashes. On each
side are a male and a female figure bringing offerings to
the dead. These four figures are on different levels, to
indicate the irregular character of the hillside which
forms the background. On each handle is a group of a
Satyr and Maenad in relief, painted in several colours.
Blacas. Vase Cat. No. 1422.
VASES ON TABLE CASE O.
No. 1. Apulian amphora; Upper division: (1) The
conference of Pelops and Oinomaos at the altar of Zeus,
before the chariot race. In the centre of the scene is the
altar of Zeus, in front of the palace of Oinomaos, who is in
the act of pouring a libation. Opposite him stands Pelops,
attired in a rich Lydian costume ,• behind Oinomaos his
charioteer Myrtilos, and Aphrodite, seated on a rock,
VASES ON TABLE CASE N.
No. L Krater. The sacrifice of Tphigeneia. In the
centre of the scene is an altar, on the right of which stands
Iphigeneia, behind -whom, and nearly concealed by her
figure, is the hind substituted as a victim through the
intervention of Artemis; behind the altar stands the
ministering priest, Kalchas, holding out tlie sacrificial
knife. Above this group, on the left, is Apollo, seated, and
on the extreme right, Artemis, armed with a bow and two
spears. The treatment of the subject on this vase differs
materially from the mural painting found at Pompeii, in
which Agamemnon is introduced with his head veiled, as
in the picture by Timanthes described by Pliny, and the
hind is seen in the air above the altar. Rev. A scene
probably relating to the myth of Adonis. Basilicata. Pour-
tales. Vase Cat. No. 1428; Overbeck, Gall, heroisch.
Bildw. pi. xiv. fig. 9.
No. 2. Krater. (1) Sepulchral rites at a tomb, heroon,
represented as a distyle Ionic temple, within which is the
statue of a naked youth leaning over a loutron, into which
he dips his left hand; a phiale bangs from the ceiling of
the temple, and two more hang on the side wall. On
either side of the tomb are male and female figures bringing
offerings to the dead ; of these figures, three are on an upper
level. (2) On the neck, two lions rushing at each other.
Rev. Sepulchral rites at a tomb represented as a tall Doric
column on three steps. Round the shaft is a white sash,
and on the steps several white and black sashes. On each
side are a male and a female figure bringing offerings to
the dead. These four figures are on different levels, to
indicate the irregular character of the hillside which
forms the background. On each handle is a group of a
Satyr and Maenad in relief, painted in several colours.
Blacas. Vase Cat. No. 1422.
VASES ON TABLE CASE O.
No. 1. Apulian amphora; Upper division: (1) The
conference of Pelops and Oinomaos at the altar of Zeus,
before the chariot race. In the centre of the scene is the
altar of Zeus, in front of the palace of Oinomaos, who is in
the act of pouring a libation. Opposite him stands Pelops,
attired in a rich Lydian costume ,• behind Oinomaos his
charioteer Myrtilos, and Aphrodite, seated on a rock,