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B 310.
180 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
to r. is Iolaos, departing and looking back, helmet, embroidered chlamys, and
. spear in 1. hand.
[Cf. Gerhard, A. V. '99, 3 ; Benndorf, Gr. u. Sic. Vas. 42, 3 ; Berlin Cat. 1886 and
1898 ; Baumeister, p. 659. This composition of Heracles and the bull is seen in a metope of
the temple of Zeus at Olympia, but is not common.]
2. On the body : Departure of a warrior: A quadriga to r., into which a
nude warrior is stepping, with goad in r. hand and reins in both ; he is bearded,
with petasos, and sword at 1. side. Before him, looking back, is a female figure
with long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, r. hand raised,
in 1. a spear. By the side of the horses a dog walks to r. In front of the warrior
is inscribed : SIMOS, St/^o? ; in front of the chariot: KVEITA . . . ., KXeira^yopa^,
according to Boeckh ; behind the female figure TEVAHV V* ; in front of the
horses KrONOV , T^A^e/cX?})? and K[p ?]6vcov, according to Boeckh, but both
seem to be merely imitation inscriptions.
[Underneath, incised characters, see old Cat., pi. A.]
HYDRIA. Old No. 463. Ht. 20J- in. Canino Coll. 1690. Mus. Etr. p. 153; Ann.
deWhist. iii. p. 142 ; Abliandl. d. Berlin. Akad. 1863, p. 550 ; Foerster, Raub d. Persephone,
p. 247. Designs in black on red panels with borders of ivy down the sides and palmettes
along the bottom ; accessories of white and purple.
1. On the shoulder : Rape of Persephone (?) : On the 1. is a quadriga to 1.,
into which a charioteer is stepping ; he is bearded, and wears a fillet, embroidered
chlamys, and greaves, in his hands he holds the reins and two spears. In the
centre is Hades moving towards the quadriga and looking back ; he is bearded
and wears a wreath and a striped chlamys ; in his arms he is carrying
off Persephone, who wears a long chiton and embroidered himation, and is
looking back towards two female figures (Nymphs ?) who are advancing to her
aid, the foremost of whom clasps her 1. arm, endeavouring to detain her ; both
wear long chitons and himatia ; the second one has her hair looped up under
a fillet, and holds up her chiton with 1. hand. In the field, branches.
[Cf. Baumeister, p. 418 ff. ; Mon. dell' Inst. vi. 42 a ; Millingen, Mon. Ined. i. 16.]
2. On the body : Contest of Heracles and Geryon (type E. 4):
Heracles to r. (lioirs skin over short embroidered chiton, sword-belt, and
quiver), raises sword in r. hand above head, in order to plunge it into Geryon,
and with 1. hand seizes one of his heads by the crest of the helmet. Geryon is
triple-bodied (as in B 156); the middle body is falling back mortally wounded.
All three are fully armed, with lofty visored helmets, parameridia, spears and
shields ; the shield of the nearer one has the device of an eagle flying to 1., that
of the further one is white with the device of a snake in black. Between
Heracles and Geryon is Eurytion fallen backward, wounded, with closed eyes,
apparently dead ; he is bearded, and has long hair, pilos, short embroidered
chiton, and two spears in r. hand. Behind Heracles stand Athene and Hermes
to r., side by side. Athene has long hair, high-crested helmet with fillet,
aegis, long embroidered chiton, and spear in 1. hand, r. hand raised ; Hermes
180 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
to r. is Iolaos, departing and looking back, helmet, embroidered chlamys, and
. spear in 1. hand.
[Cf. Gerhard, A. V. '99, 3 ; Benndorf, Gr. u. Sic. Vas. 42, 3 ; Berlin Cat. 1886 and
1898 ; Baumeister, p. 659. This composition of Heracles and the bull is seen in a metope of
the temple of Zeus at Olympia, but is not common.]
2. On the body : Departure of a warrior: A quadriga to r., into which a
nude warrior is stepping, with goad in r. hand and reins in both ; he is bearded,
with petasos, and sword at 1. side. Before him, looking back, is a female figure
with long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, r. hand raised,
in 1. a spear. By the side of the horses a dog walks to r. In front of the warrior
is inscribed : SIMOS, St/^o? ; in front of the chariot: KVEITA . . . ., KXeira^yopa^,
according to Boeckh ; behind the female figure TEVAHV V* ; in front of the
horses KrONOV , T^A^e/cX?})? and K[p ?]6vcov, according to Boeckh, but both
seem to be merely imitation inscriptions.
[Underneath, incised characters, see old Cat., pi. A.]
HYDRIA. Old No. 463. Ht. 20J- in. Canino Coll. 1690. Mus. Etr. p. 153; Ann.
deWhist. iii. p. 142 ; Abliandl. d. Berlin. Akad. 1863, p. 550 ; Foerster, Raub d. Persephone,
p. 247. Designs in black on red panels with borders of ivy down the sides and palmettes
along the bottom ; accessories of white and purple.
1. On the shoulder : Rape of Persephone (?) : On the 1. is a quadriga to 1.,
into which a charioteer is stepping ; he is bearded, and wears a fillet, embroidered
chlamys, and greaves, in his hands he holds the reins and two spears. In the
centre is Hades moving towards the quadriga and looking back ; he is bearded
and wears a wreath and a striped chlamys ; in his arms he is carrying
off Persephone, who wears a long chiton and embroidered himation, and is
looking back towards two female figures (Nymphs ?) who are advancing to her
aid, the foremost of whom clasps her 1. arm, endeavouring to detain her ; both
wear long chitons and himatia ; the second one has her hair looped up under
a fillet, and holds up her chiton with 1. hand. In the field, branches.
[Cf. Baumeister, p. 418 ff. ; Mon. dell' Inst. vi. 42 a ; Millingen, Mon. Ined. i. 16.]
2. On the body : Contest of Heracles and Geryon (type E. 4):
Heracles to r. (lioirs skin over short embroidered chiton, sword-belt, and
quiver), raises sword in r. hand above head, in order to plunge it into Geryon,
and with 1. hand seizes one of his heads by the crest of the helmet. Geryon is
triple-bodied (as in B 156); the middle body is falling back mortally wounded.
All three are fully armed, with lofty visored helmets, parameridia, spears and
shields ; the shield of the nearer one has the device of an eagle flying to 1., that
of the further one is white with the device of a snake in black. Between
Heracles and Geryon is Eurytion fallen backward, wounded, with closed eyes,
apparently dead ; he is bearded, and has long hair, pilos, short embroidered
chiton, and two spears in r. hand. Behind Heracles stand Athene and Hermes
to r., side by side. Athene has long hair, high-crested helmet with fillet,
aegis, long embroidered chiton, and spear in 1. hand, r. hand raised ; Hermes