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knotted on chest), and a sword hangs at his 1. side from a double cord on his r.
shoulder. On the 1. is a tree, from which hangs by two belts his bow (formed of
two horns) and quiver (scale pattern, edge dotted, wing attached to its mouth)
containing three arrows. On the r. of the pithos are two figures: first, a woman,
Calliphobe (?), rushing forward with both arms extended towards Heracles,
wearing a chiton like that in the interior, a himation (ending in triple tassels)
over both shoulders, and earrings : her hair is looped up and fastened with
a double fillet. She is followed by a bearded man, Sthenelos, father of
Eurystheus, who is bald over the forehead, and leans on a campule, resting
his r. palm on the crown of his head in a gesture of sorrow. He wears a long
chiton, an himation which leaves the r. shoulder bare, and boots. Between
these two figures, KA\ E, koXtj. Part of the boar's body and the r. shoulder of
Heracles are missing.
[The names Sthenelos and Calliphobe are inscribed over the corresponding figures in the
Paris Memnon cup.]
(b) A quadriga accompanied by Hermes. The horses stand to 1. with
Hermes at their head, though the youthful driver is in an attitude as if
they were going at speed : he stands with body bent forward and hair
streaming back, holding in each hand a pair of reins, in r. a goad : a mantle
hangs at his back from both shoulders : at his 1. side hangs a sword. In the
background between the horses and chariot is seen a bearded warrior (long hair
falling in single wavy tresses, short chiton, cuirass seen from back, Boeotian
shield seen from interior, helmet of which only the end of the plume is
preserved, greaves, and sword at waist), rushing to r. with up-lifted r. hand : in
his 1. is a spear. The upper part of this figure, in a line with his mouth, is
wanting. The ochanon of his shield has an anthemion ornament The horses
are naturally drawn, champing the bits, with open mouths showing teeth ; the
two furthest have thrown their heads up, the next one lowers his head: their
collars are decorated with inlanders and a fringe of pendant trefoils. In front
of them stands Hermes (bearded, hair like that of Eurystheus in «, petasos
fastened with cord under chin, short undergirt chiton, chlamys hanging over
shoulders from clasp on chest, winged endromides), facing the spectator, but
looking down at the horses' legs, one of which he touches with his caduceus in his
r., but whether that action indicates that he is starting or arresting the horses is
uncertain; his 1. hand rests, fingers to front, on his hip. At his L side is a
sword, the hilt terminating in the head of a bird. His body and r. leg are
drawn en face, the 1. leg in profile : the r. foot is partly cut off by the border
below the design, which consists of a circle of running meander. Above the
horses f AVOJ, Ka\6<;. On the extreme 1. KA\OJ, koXo^ On the handle to r.
°f b is engraved EVCDPONIOJ EPOIEJEN, Ev^powos eiroi^aev. Underneath the
foot an incised character, see old Cat. pi. B 822.
[On the Paris Memnon cup the driver steps into the chariot : he has armour, and is
inscribed Odysseus ; the name of Hermes is also there given.]
knotted on chest), and a sword hangs at his 1. side from a double cord on his r.
shoulder. On the 1. is a tree, from which hangs by two belts his bow (formed of
two horns) and quiver (scale pattern, edge dotted, wing attached to its mouth)
containing three arrows. On the r. of the pithos are two figures: first, a woman,
Calliphobe (?), rushing forward with both arms extended towards Heracles,
wearing a chiton like that in the interior, a himation (ending in triple tassels)
over both shoulders, and earrings : her hair is looped up and fastened with
a double fillet. She is followed by a bearded man, Sthenelos, father of
Eurystheus, who is bald over the forehead, and leans on a campule, resting
his r. palm on the crown of his head in a gesture of sorrow. He wears a long
chiton, an himation which leaves the r. shoulder bare, and boots. Between
these two figures, KA\ E, koXtj. Part of the boar's body and the r. shoulder of
Heracles are missing.
[The names Sthenelos and Calliphobe are inscribed over the corresponding figures in the
Paris Memnon cup.]
(b) A quadriga accompanied by Hermes. The horses stand to 1. with
Hermes at their head, though the youthful driver is in an attitude as if
they were going at speed : he stands with body bent forward and hair
streaming back, holding in each hand a pair of reins, in r. a goad : a mantle
hangs at his back from both shoulders : at his 1. side hangs a sword. In the
background between the horses and chariot is seen a bearded warrior (long hair
falling in single wavy tresses, short chiton, cuirass seen from back, Boeotian
shield seen from interior, helmet of which only the end of the plume is
preserved, greaves, and sword at waist), rushing to r. with up-lifted r. hand : in
his 1. is a spear. The upper part of this figure, in a line with his mouth, is
wanting. The ochanon of his shield has an anthemion ornament The horses
are naturally drawn, champing the bits, with open mouths showing teeth ; the
two furthest have thrown their heads up, the next one lowers his head: their
collars are decorated with inlanders and a fringe of pendant trefoils. In front
of them stands Hermes (bearded, hair like that of Eurystheus in «, petasos
fastened with cord under chin, short undergirt chiton, chlamys hanging over
shoulders from clasp on chest, winged endromides), facing the spectator, but
looking down at the horses' legs, one of which he touches with his caduceus in his
r., but whether that action indicates that he is starting or arresting the horses is
uncertain; his 1. hand rests, fingers to front, on his hip. At his L side is a
sword, the hilt terminating in the head of a bird. His body and r. leg are
drawn en face, the 1. leg in profile : the r. foot is partly cut off by the border
below the design, which consists of a circle of running meander. Above the
horses f AVOJ, Ka\6<;. On the extreme 1. KA\OJ, koXo^ On the handle to r.
°f b is engraved EVCDPONIOJ EPOIEJEN, Ev^powos eiroi^aev. Underneath the
foot an incised character, see old Cat. pi. B 822.
[On the Paris Memnon cup the driver steps into the chariot : he has armour, and is
inscribed Odysseus ; the name of Hermes is also there given.]