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KYLIKES. 99
foremost, Kymathea, occupies the same relative position as do the priest and boy of the
Parthenon. The form Kymatothea occurs on a fragment at Athens, see Kretschmer, loc. cit.
p. 238, no. 184.]
Exterior: (a) Contest of Diomedes and iEneas. tineas, struck by a
great rock {Iliad v. 306) and wounded in the navel by a spear which still sticks
in the wound, the handle broken in two, falls away on bended knees and on
the edge of his shield to r., yet still raises his r. arm feebly to strike at his
opponent: but his head falls forward upon his chest: over his shield, ainea^,
AtVe'a?. He falls back into the arms of Aphrodite, who supports his shield with
her 1., and places her r. under his arm : she wears a long sleeved chiton, a himation
shawl fashion around her neck, with ends flying, a striped saccos, and earrings :
over her A4>POAlTHg, 'Acf>poSiTr)<; (sc. el/coop). On the 1. Diomedes rushes forward
with shield outstretched and sword in r., to deal the final blow: like yEneas, he
is bearded and has long hair falling in single tresses, and wears a helmet tilted
back, cuirass, and a scabbard : /Eneas wears greaves, but the legs of Diomedes
are wanting: over his shield, AlOAAHAHg, Afo^S???. Behind him stands Athene,
looking on, with shield on 1. and r. resting on spear: she has a helmet with
visor (?), decorated over the ear with a double spiral, a long sleeved chiton, and
a himation fastened on the 1. shoulder. On the v., AOHN . ., 'A0T)v[fj<; (sc. el/ccov).
{b) Combat of Heracles and Kyknos. On 1. Heracles, bearded, rushes
forward with Boeotian shield extended, thrusting with his spear at his adversary:
he wears lion-skin over head, girt at waist and with paws knotted round his neck,
and a short sleeved chiton : the central handle of his shield is decorated with two
palmettes. Kyknos has fallen in an attitude similar to that of /Eneas, and is
dressed and armed like him: his spear breaks in two against the belt of his
opponent, and he bleeds from two wounds on r. breast and r. thigh. Above these
figures their names, HPAKAEOS KYKNOg, 'HpatcXeos (sc. el/ccov), Kvkvos. On then,
Ares strides forward with shield outstretched over Kyknos and spear pointed at
Heracles : he is dressed and armed as Kyknos, and has a sword hanging from a
purple crossbelt, decorated with a black snake twined around the scabbard : his
shield, seen in perspective, has for device a bull's head en face. On the r. of him,
APHO^, "Aprjos (sc. eiKcbv). All these figures are bearded : and each has the r.
leg drawn in foreshortening. On the 1. has been a woman standing, probably
a figure of Athene as in a: only the lower part of her chiton and himation, and
her feet are preserved, with the lower part of her spear on which her hand must
have rested. Below the exterior scenes a band of pattern like that around the
central medallion, but with sets of six maunders.
** 74. KYLIX. Old No. 826. Ht. 4^ in. Diam. 10 in. Canino Coll. De Witte, Descr.
no. in. Murray, Designs from Creek Vases, no. 5 r ; Jahn, in Arch. Zeit. 1865, p. 23, note 3 ;
Gurlitt, Das Alter der Bildw. des Thes. pp. 42, 52 ; Lehnerdt, in Arch. Zeit. 1885, p. 116,
note 21; Mayer, ibid. p. 125; Milani, in Museo Ital. iii, p. 235, s ; Miiller, Theseusmetoften,
p. 36, no. 3; Wulff, Zur 1 heseussage, p. 47 ; Roscher, ii, p. 1451 (s.v. Krommyon). Broken,
but nothing important wanting : surface well preserved. Style in imitation of a good original,
but almost grotesquely coarse. No purple, nor inner markings of anatomy, but light brown is
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foremost, Kymathea, occupies the same relative position as do the priest and boy of the
Parthenon. The form Kymatothea occurs on a fragment at Athens, see Kretschmer, loc. cit.
p. 238, no. 184.]
Exterior: (a) Contest of Diomedes and iEneas. tineas, struck by a
great rock {Iliad v. 306) and wounded in the navel by a spear which still sticks
in the wound, the handle broken in two, falls away on bended knees and on
the edge of his shield to r., yet still raises his r. arm feebly to strike at his
opponent: but his head falls forward upon his chest: over his shield, ainea^,
AtVe'a?. He falls back into the arms of Aphrodite, who supports his shield with
her 1., and places her r. under his arm : she wears a long sleeved chiton, a himation
shawl fashion around her neck, with ends flying, a striped saccos, and earrings :
over her A4>POAlTHg, 'Acf>poSiTr)<; (sc. el/coop). On the 1. Diomedes rushes forward
with shield outstretched and sword in r., to deal the final blow: like yEneas, he
is bearded and has long hair falling in single tresses, and wears a helmet tilted
back, cuirass, and a scabbard : /Eneas wears greaves, but the legs of Diomedes
are wanting: over his shield, AlOAAHAHg, Afo^S???. Behind him stands Athene,
looking on, with shield on 1. and r. resting on spear: she has a helmet with
visor (?), decorated over the ear with a double spiral, a long sleeved chiton, and
a himation fastened on the 1. shoulder. On the v., AOHN . ., 'A0T)v[fj<; (sc. el/ccov).
{b) Combat of Heracles and Kyknos. On 1. Heracles, bearded, rushes
forward with Boeotian shield extended, thrusting with his spear at his adversary:
he wears lion-skin over head, girt at waist and with paws knotted round his neck,
and a short sleeved chiton : the central handle of his shield is decorated with two
palmettes. Kyknos has fallen in an attitude similar to that of /Eneas, and is
dressed and armed like him: his spear breaks in two against the belt of his
opponent, and he bleeds from two wounds on r. breast and r. thigh. Above these
figures their names, HPAKAEOS KYKNOg, 'HpatcXeos (sc. el/ccov), Kvkvos. On then,
Ares strides forward with shield outstretched over Kyknos and spear pointed at
Heracles : he is dressed and armed as Kyknos, and has a sword hanging from a
purple crossbelt, decorated with a black snake twined around the scabbard : his
shield, seen in perspective, has for device a bull's head en face. On the r. of him,
APHO^, "Aprjos (sc. eiKcbv). All these figures are bearded : and each has the r.
leg drawn in foreshortening. On the 1. has been a woman standing, probably
a figure of Athene as in a: only the lower part of her chiton and himation, and
her feet are preserved, with the lower part of her spear on which her hand must
have rested. Below the exterior scenes a band of pattern like that around the
central medallion, but with sets of six maunders.
** 74. KYLIX. Old No. 826. Ht. 4^ in. Diam. 10 in. Canino Coll. De Witte, Descr.
no. in. Murray, Designs from Creek Vases, no. 5 r ; Jahn, in Arch. Zeit. 1865, p. 23, note 3 ;
Gurlitt, Das Alter der Bildw. des Thes. pp. 42, 52 ; Lehnerdt, in Arch. Zeit. 1885, p. 116,
note 21; Mayer, ibid. p. 125; Milani, in Museo Ital. iii, p. 235, s ; Miiller, Theseusmetoften,
p. 36, no. 3; Wulff, Zur 1 heseussage, p. 47 ; Roscher, ii, p. 1451 (s.v. Krommyon). Broken,
but nothing important wanting : surface well preserved. Style in imitation of a good original,
but almost grotesquely coarse. No purple, nor inner markings of anatomy, but light brown is
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