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94 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
are also behind the base, the foremost bearded, the second beardless and leaning
on a staff, and, looking at her, are in the act of depositing their votes on the r.
hand heap. This heap contains only eleven tesserse ; the 1. hand heap, which is
immediately in front of Athene, contains twenty. The respective heaps are
arranged in two symmetrical rows in such a way as to suggest a pattern on the
drapery of the figures behind. On the r. a bearded man (Agamemnon ?), holding
staff in L, moves forward to deposit his vote, looking back at Ajax, who stands
leaning forward on his staff, completely draped in his himation, resting his
head on his r. hand in an attitude of dejection. His figure is balanced on
the extreme 1. by that of Odysseus, who, in an himation which leaves his
chest bare, leans forward with his 1. resting on a staff, his r. resting on his
hip; his mouth is open, as if he were addressing a beardless youth in front of
him, who, leaning on his staff in the same attitude, deposits his vote on the 1.
hand heap. All the Greeks wear dotted himatia, and all except Ajax wear
boots. The headdresses are varied in both scenes ; the elder men have a plain
fillet or a fillet wound twice round, so as to form a loop of hair over the
neck ; Agamemnon (?) has a stephane with a loop of hair; and in two cases
the loop is replaced by a horizontal coil of heavy plaits.
E 70. KYLIX. Old No. 851. Ht. 5-5% in. Diam. 13! in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 809.
Murray, Designs from Greek Vases, no. 48 ; Philologus, xxvi, p. 228; Sartori, Stud. Gr.
Privatalt. p. 106, no. 23 ; Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 330 (under Brygos). Much broken, and
surface, especially of b, injured, but nothing important wanting : the interior is practically
intact. Drawing careful and broad : hands realistic, but short. Purple is used for the vine
and headdresses, the cords of baskets, and inscriptions : inner markings throughout in light
brown. The short beard, shape of eye and head, and dotted drapery are characteristic of
Brygos.
Interior: Within a circle of running mseander, two ephebi at symposion,
attended by a boy. They recline to r. on a couch, of which the legs are not
shown, resting their 1. elbows against cushions decorated with triple stripes,
alternately with dots ; they are wreathed with vine (?), and wear dotted mantles
which leave only the r. arm and side bare ; each has a cotyle (black silhouette,
one with a band left red) supported on the 1. hand ; the one on the r. twirls a
kylix on his r. forefinger (/toTraftifav) ; his mouth is open as if he were speaking
to his companion, who turns round with r. uplifted, as if in surprise. In the
foreground is a trapeza of curious form, on which are two branches (of vine?)
overhanging the edge ; it has two crosspieces, which are united at the 1. end by
a square on which is drawn a single volute, and at the r. end by four vertical
bars ; both legs seem to be shown on the r., and at the top of them is a trefoil
(cf. Arch. Zeit. 1884, p. 181, fig. 1). In front of this table a boy moves to r.,
looking back and raising his 1. hand, palm upwards, with a gesture like that of
the 1. hand ephebos. He wears only a fillet with a vertical piece over the fore-
head ; his feet rest on the border, which also supports the r. hand cushion, and
cuts off part of it and the legs of the 1. hand ephebos at the knees. In the
field above, imitation inscriptions.
are also behind the base, the foremost bearded, the second beardless and leaning
on a staff, and, looking at her, are in the act of depositing their votes on the r.
hand heap. This heap contains only eleven tesserse ; the 1. hand heap, which is
immediately in front of Athene, contains twenty. The respective heaps are
arranged in two symmetrical rows in such a way as to suggest a pattern on the
drapery of the figures behind. On the r. a bearded man (Agamemnon ?), holding
staff in L, moves forward to deposit his vote, looking back at Ajax, who stands
leaning forward on his staff, completely draped in his himation, resting his
head on his r. hand in an attitude of dejection. His figure is balanced on
the extreme 1. by that of Odysseus, who, in an himation which leaves his
chest bare, leans forward with his 1. resting on a staff, his r. resting on his
hip; his mouth is open, as if he were addressing a beardless youth in front of
him, who, leaning on his staff in the same attitude, deposits his vote on the 1.
hand heap. All the Greeks wear dotted himatia, and all except Ajax wear
boots. The headdresses are varied in both scenes ; the elder men have a plain
fillet or a fillet wound twice round, so as to form a loop of hair over the
neck ; Agamemnon (?) has a stephane with a loop of hair; and in two cases
the loop is replaced by a horizontal coil of heavy plaits.
E 70. KYLIX. Old No. 851. Ht. 5-5% in. Diam. 13! in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 809.
Murray, Designs from Greek Vases, no. 48 ; Philologus, xxvi, p. 228; Sartori, Stud. Gr.
Privatalt. p. 106, no. 23 ; Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 330 (under Brygos). Much broken, and
surface, especially of b, injured, but nothing important wanting : the interior is practically
intact. Drawing careful and broad : hands realistic, but short. Purple is used for the vine
and headdresses, the cords of baskets, and inscriptions : inner markings throughout in light
brown. The short beard, shape of eye and head, and dotted drapery are characteristic of
Brygos.
Interior: Within a circle of running mseander, two ephebi at symposion,
attended by a boy. They recline to r. on a couch, of which the legs are not
shown, resting their 1. elbows against cushions decorated with triple stripes,
alternately with dots ; they are wreathed with vine (?), and wear dotted mantles
which leave only the r. arm and side bare ; each has a cotyle (black silhouette,
one with a band left red) supported on the 1. hand ; the one on the r. twirls a
kylix on his r. forefinger (/toTraftifav) ; his mouth is open as if he were speaking
to his companion, who turns round with r. uplifted, as if in surprise. In the
foreground is a trapeza of curious form, on which are two branches (of vine?)
overhanging the edge ; it has two crosspieces, which are united at the 1. end by
a square on which is drawn a single volute, and at the r. end by four vertical
bars ; both legs seem to be shown on the r., and at the top of them is a trefoil
(cf. Arch. Zeit. 1884, p. 181, fig. 1). In front of this table a boy moves to r.,
looking back and raising his 1. hand, palm upwards, with a gesture like that of
the 1. hand ephebos. He wears only a fillet with a vertical piece over the fore-
head ; his feet rest on the border, which also supports the r. hand cushion, and
cuts off part of it and the legs of the 1. hand ephebos at the knees. In the
field above, imitation inscriptions.