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IMITATIONS OF CORINTHIAN STYLE. 63
greaves, shield, sword, and spear), is beaten down on one knee to r. by the
other, who is similarly armed (short purple chiton, device of a bull's head on
shield) ; he thrusts at the first with his spear. On either side is a youth on
horseback, in a short chiton, galloping up.
On both sides are imitations of inscriptions.
Below: I. (a) Sphinxes confronted, flanked by Sirens and panthers
regardant; the Sphinxes and Sirens have long hair, and wings recurved.
(b) The same without the Sirens.
2. Frieze of. animals : goat and panther confronted, eagle flying to r.,
panther and goat confronted, and panther to r.
B 4S_ AMPHORA. Old No. 429. Ht. i6T7n in. 1847. Millingen Coll. Holwerda in
Jahrbiich, v. (1890), pp. 243, 254 ; Jahn, Vasensamml. p. cxlix, n. ic6o. Repaired and restored.
Designs black on red ground ; no accessories. Shape as last. Neck as last.
(a) Combat of warriors over a fallen warrior : The prostrate man has helmet,
cuirass, greaves, sword, and shield by his side ; over him strides a fully-armed
warrior with short diapered chiton, parameridia, and Boeotian shield, defending
him with spear. On the 1. a warrior to r. (helmet, short chiton, greaves,
sword-belt, shield, and spear), is about to transfix another, with long hair,
high-crested helmet, short chiton, greaves, shield, and sword, whom he has
beaten down on his knees. On the r. is a warrior fleeing to r. and looking back,
with helmet, short embroidered chiton, greaves, sword, and shield ; next, a
similar warrior moving to r., thrusting with spear at a warrior prostrate to r., of
whom the legs and part of the body (in a short chiton) are alone visible. On
the extreme r. the head of another warrior is visible, with high-crested helmet.
(b) Athletic contests : On the 1. is a brabeus, bearded, in a himation ; next
to him, two wrestlers about to engage, the one on the 1. bearded (cf. Berlin Cat.
783 and 1655) ; a bearded athlete to r. with two leaping-poles, or spears for
throwing, a similar athlete to r. with Jialtcres, leaping over eskammena (pegs
fixed in the ground to mark the distance) ; a paidotribes to 1., bearded, in long
chiton and himation, with staff, directing the movements of the last with r.
hand ; a diskobolos to r., bearded, with diskos in r. hand, which he is about to
throw. All the athletes are nude.
On both sides names are inscribed, mostly unintelligible; the two
wrestlers are named, the elder JIXVOJ, £t%Xos, and the younger BIP05TENE$,
l7r(7r) oa(&) kvr)<s.
[This Hipposthenes might be the Spartan boy-wrestler, Paus. v. 8, 9. The scene
probably represents the Pentathlon; supposing the athlete on the r. of the wrestlers to be an
akontistes, all the contests are then indicated except the 77oSa>«iu. Cf. B 134 and B 326.]
Below, three friezes of animals: (1) Two Sirens confronted, each having
one wing advanced ; between them a palmette- and lotos-pattern, of Corinthian
type (cf. B 24-25) behind each Siren a panther ; at the back, a group of two
swans flanked by panthers ; on the 1. a swan to r. pluming itself, on the r. a
greaves, shield, sword, and spear), is beaten down on one knee to r. by the
other, who is similarly armed (short purple chiton, device of a bull's head on
shield) ; he thrusts at the first with his spear. On either side is a youth on
horseback, in a short chiton, galloping up.
On both sides are imitations of inscriptions.
Below: I. (a) Sphinxes confronted, flanked by Sirens and panthers
regardant; the Sphinxes and Sirens have long hair, and wings recurved.
(b) The same without the Sirens.
2. Frieze of. animals : goat and panther confronted, eagle flying to r.,
panther and goat confronted, and panther to r.
B 4S_ AMPHORA. Old No. 429. Ht. i6T7n in. 1847. Millingen Coll. Holwerda in
Jahrbiich, v. (1890), pp. 243, 254 ; Jahn, Vasensamml. p. cxlix, n. ic6o. Repaired and restored.
Designs black on red ground ; no accessories. Shape as last. Neck as last.
(a) Combat of warriors over a fallen warrior : The prostrate man has helmet,
cuirass, greaves, sword, and shield by his side ; over him strides a fully-armed
warrior with short diapered chiton, parameridia, and Boeotian shield, defending
him with spear. On the 1. a warrior to r. (helmet, short chiton, greaves,
sword-belt, shield, and spear), is about to transfix another, with long hair,
high-crested helmet, short chiton, greaves, shield, and sword, whom he has
beaten down on his knees. On the r. is a warrior fleeing to r. and looking back,
with helmet, short embroidered chiton, greaves, sword, and shield ; next, a
similar warrior moving to r., thrusting with spear at a warrior prostrate to r., of
whom the legs and part of the body (in a short chiton) are alone visible. On
the extreme r. the head of another warrior is visible, with high-crested helmet.
(b) Athletic contests : On the 1. is a brabeus, bearded, in a himation ; next
to him, two wrestlers about to engage, the one on the 1. bearded (cf. Berlin Cat.
783 and 1655) ; a bearded athlete to r. with two leaping-poles, or spears for
throwing, a similar athlete to r. with Jialtcres, leaping over eskammena (pegs
fixed in the ground to mark the distance) ; a paidotribes to 1., bearded, in long
chiton and himation, with staff, directing the movements of the last with r.
hand ; a diskobolos to r., bearded, with diskos in r. hand, which he is about to
throw. All the athletes are nude.
On both sides names are inscribed, mostly unintelligible; the two
wrestlers are named, the elder JIXVOJ, £t%Xos, and the younger BIP05TENE$,
l7r(7r) oa(&) kvr)<s.
[This Hipposthenes might be the Spartan boy-wrestler, Paus. v. 8, 9. The scene
probably represents the Pentathlon; supposing the athlete on the r. of the wrestlers to be an
akontistes, all the contests are then indicated except the 77oSa>«iu. Cf. B 134 and B 326.]
Below, three friezes of animals: (1) Two Sirens confronted, each having
one wing advanced ; between them a palmette- and lotos-pattern, of Corinthian
type (cf. B 24-25) behind each Siren a panther ; at the back, a group of two
swans flanked by panthers ; on the 1. a swan to r. pluming itself, on the r. a