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KYLIKES. IOI
his 1. hand on a crutch staff, and extends his r. towards the door; he wears
a sleeveless talaric chiton, with a band of meander and tasselled fringe round
the hem, and an himation leaving the r. arm free, shoes, and a fillet ; his short
stubbly beard is indicated by rows of short strokes in light brown, and he has a
scanty fringe of short hair at the back of his head and round his ears. The youth
rests his 1. on a spear; he wears a mantle over his shoulders, endromides, and
a fillet around his hair, which is arranged in a crobylos (?). On the 1. is the
entrance to a house, represented by a door, partly open, on its doorpost
and above it two projecting beams representing the porch, the whole on a
plinth. The graining of the door is indicated in light brown ; and it is divided
horizontally by three stiles, each studded with five nails. The feet of the
figures rest on a broad black line which follows the inner circumference of
the border.
Exterior: (a) Dionysos and his thiasos. Dionysos, in short sleeved chiton
girt at the waist, high boots turned over with flaps of panther skin, wreathed
with vine, a mantle hanging on his 1. arm, dances to r. in an attitude of
abandon, his r. foot thrown out at back, his arms extended ; he holds in r. a
twisting snake, in 1. his thyrsos, from the stock of which sprout four shoots of
ivy: he is bearded, and his hair flies loosely back. He is followed by a
Maenad between two Seileni ; the first Scilcnos plays on the flutes, stepping
forward to the music with head thrown back; the other seems to be attacking
with his 1. the Maenad, whose head and shoulders are wanting ; she raises her r.
arm with her mantle twisted round it to ward off the Seilenos, In her 1. she
seems to have held some object now indistinguishable : she wears a girt Ionic
chiton with a colpos, and a panther-skin is knotted around her neck. On the
r., in front of Dionysos, another Maenad runs to r. looking back, and extending
her r. arm enveloped in her mantle : over her 1. shoulder she carries a large
wineskin, inscribed AVIO (cf. E 76, a, I?) : she wears a sleeved chiton with colpos
and apoptygma, the sleeve of which is spread along so as to cover her r. arm,
and earrings : her hair flies loose and is wreathed with vine. The Seileni also
wear vine wreaths. The scene is bounded on the r. by an irregular space shaded
with light brown, representing a mountain (?).
(i) Three Masnads and two Seileni dancing to r. At each end of the
procession is a Maenad dressed like the last described, but with hair looped
up and confined with two crossed bands of a fillet: the one on the r. extends
her arms on both sides, the other extends both behind her. In the centre a
similar figure with arms extended on each side throws her head back to L, her
mouth open as if she were singing: she has a panther-skin knotted around her
waist, the tail passing over her 1. shoulder : her hair is fastened in a bunch with
a fillet, and confined with a vine wreath, but one tress escapes down the 1.
shoulder. All three have their arms enveloped, as before. Behind the central
Mamad comes a Seilenos as in a, playing flutes ; on the r. of her, a Seilenos
dancing to r. looking back, both arms raised in air. Both are wreathed with
vine. Between this Seilenos and the central Maenad a thyrsos (as in a) falls
his 1. hand on a crutch staff, and extends his r. towards the door; he wears
a sleeveless talaric chiton, with a band of meander and tasselled fringe round
the hem, and an himation leaving the r. arm free, shoes, and a fillet ; his short
stubbly beard is indicated by rows of short strokes in light brown, and he has a
scanty fringe of short hair at the back of his head and round his ears. The youth
rests his 1. on a spear; he wears a mantle over his shoulders, endromides, and
a fillet around his hair, which is arranged in a crobylos (?). On the 1. is the
entrance to a house, represented by a door, partly open, on its doorpost
and above it two projecting beams representing the porch, the whole on a
plinth. The graining of the door is indicated in light brown ; and it is divided
horizontally by three stiles, each studded with five nails. The feet of the
figures rest on a broad black line which follows the inner circumference of
the border.
Exterior: (a) Dionysos and his thiasos. Dionysos, in short sleeved chiton
girt at the waist, high boots turned over with flaps of panther skin, wreathed
with vine, a mantle hanging on his 1. arm, dances to r. in an attitude of
abandon, his r. foot thrown out at back, his arms extended ; he holds in r. a
twisting snake, in 1. his thyrsos, from the stock of which sprout four shoots of
ivy: he is bearded, and his hair flies loosely back. He is followed by a
Maenad between two Seileni ; the first Scilcnos plays on the flutes, stepping
forward to the music with head thrown back; the other seems to be attacking
with his 1. the Maenad, whose head and shoulders are wanting ; she raises her r.
arm with her mantle twisted round it to ward off the Seilenos, In her 1. she
seems to have held some object now indistinguishable : she wears a girt Ionic
chiton with a colpos, and a panther-skin is knotted around her neck. On the
r., in front of Dionysos, another Maenad runs to r. looking back, and extending
her r. arm enveloped in her mantle : over her 1. shoulder she carries a large
wineskin, inscribed AVIO (cf. E 76, a, I?) : she wears a sleeved chiton with colpos
and apoptygma, the sleeve of which is spread along so as to cover her r. arm,
and earrings : her hair flies loose and is wreathed with vine. The Seileni also
wear vine wreaths. The scene is bounded on the r. by an irregular space shaded
with light brown, representing a mountain (?).
(i) Three Masnads and two Seileni dancing to r. At each end of the
procession is a Maenad dressed like the last described, but with hair looped
up and confined with two crossed bands of a fillet: the one on the r. extends
her arms on both sides, the other extends both behind her. In the centre a
similar figure with arms extended on each side throws her head back to L, her
mouth open as if she were singing: she has a panther-skin knotted around her
waist, the tail passing over her 1. shoulder : her hair is fastened in a bunch with
a fillet, and confined with a vine wreath, but one tress escapes down the 1.
shoulder. All three have their arms enveloped, as before. Behind the central
Mamad comes a Seilenos as in a, playing flutes ; on the r. of her, a Seilenos
dancing to r. looking back, both arms raised in air. Both are wreathed with
vine. Between this Seilenos and the central Maenad a thyrsos (as in a) falls