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IIO CATALOGUE OF VASES.
consists of Dionysos, AlONYgog, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos resting against his 1.
shoulder, holding up fluted phiale in r., and Ariadne, APIAANE, seated, making a
curious gesture with both hands ; the first finger of the 1. hand touches the little
finger of the r. She wears a sleeved chiton, himation, and sandals, and has her
hair looped up behind with a spotted fillet wound obliquely thrice around it. The
hair of Dionysos is very long and falls in several wavy tresses over his shoulders.
Behind Dionysos on r. a Seilenos, Komos, KOMOg, bald over the forehead, stands
with body en face, but looking downwards at Dionysos. The face of this
figure has perished, and that of both Ares and Aphrodite are damaged. Each
couch has a trapeza in front decorated with a point rosette, as before. The
cushions on the couches are each decorated with a different pattern.
[For the association of Ares as consort of Aphrodite, a myth specially at home in Thebes,
cf. Roscher, vol. i, p. 405.]
E 83. KYLIX. Ht. 4.-} in. Diam. i2& in. Bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq. Formerly in the
collection of Lucien Bonaparte and in the Rogers Collection. Gerhard, A.V. iv, pi. 277, p.
50 (describes it as " Volcentische" ; but this need not represent actual provenance) : since
cleaned. Murray, Designs from Greek Vases, no. 58 ; cf. Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 26, for motive
of apoxyomenos. Much broken, but little wanting : the style resembles that of the Themis
vase in Berlin, Cat. 2538. Purple (now faded) has been used for headdresses and water. Inner
markings in light brown. Eye of the fully developed profile type. Beneath each handle is a
palmette on an inverted flower (?), with a palmette on each side of the handle.
Interior : Within a circle composed of sets of four running inlanders,
separated by chequered squares, Two Ephebi at the Bath. The one on 1. is in
three-quarter face to r., but with head in profile ; he passes his r. hand behind
his neck, probably scraping his back with a strigil. The other, in a bent
attitude to 1., 1. foot resting on the toes, rubs his extended 1. arm with the palm
of his r. ; each wears a fillet. The figures stand on a line which cuts off an
exergue, left red.
Exterior : (a) Ephebi at bath. On the r. has been a house, represented
by an upright supporting a beam, fastened obliquely to it, and capable
of being raised or lowered, the whole resembling the modern Egyptian
"shaduf." The well-head is represented by a cylindrical structure (puteal),
raised about a foot from the floor. Between the well and the upright an
ephebos squats on his heels to 1., raising both hands to his hair, upon which
a companion, standing beside the well in the background, is pouring water
from the bucket, which is attached to the cross-beam by a cord. On the
1. is a loutron, beside which in the background are two ephebi conversing: a
third ephebos on the 1. looks on with folded arms. All except the two in the
well-house wear a fillet.
[Gerhard's drawing does not accurately render the well : it gives the upright, but has
transferred it to the 1. of the design. For the bucket and cord in a similar scene see Hartwig,
Meistersch. p. 259, fig. 36^.]
{b) Five ephebi preparing for the bath. On the J. an ephebos scrapes his
extended 1. arm with a strigil, a companion facing to front, with 1. hand on hip,
consists of Dionysos, AlONYgog, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos resting against his 1.
shoulder, holding up fluted phiale in r., and Ariadne, APIAANE, seated, making a
curious gesture with both hands ; the first finger of the 1. hand touches the little
finger of the r. She wears a sleeved chiton, himation, and sandals, and has her
hair looped up behind with a spotted fillet wound obliquely thrice around it. The
hair of Dionysos is very long and falls in several wavy tresses over his shoulders.
Behind Dionysos on r. a Seilenos, Komos, KOMOg, bald over the forehead, stands
with body en face, but looking downwards at Dionysos. The face of this
figure has perished, and that of both Ares and Aphrodite are damaged. Each
couch has a trapeza in front decorated with a point rosette, as before. The
cushions on the couches are each decorated with a different pattern.
[For the association of Ares as consort of Aphrodite, a myth specially at home in Thebes,
cf. Roscher, vol. i, p. 405.]
E 83. KYLIX. Ht. 4.-} in. Diam. i2& in. Bequeathed by Felix Slade, Esq. Formerly in the
collection of Lucien Bonaparte and in the Rogers Collection. Gerhard, A.V. iv, pi. 277, p.
50 (describes it as " Volcentische" ; but this need not represent actual provenance) : since
cleaned. Murray, Designs from Greek Vases, no. 58 ; cf. Hartwig, Meistersch. p. 26, for motive
of apoxyomenos. Much broken, but little wanting : the style resembles that of the Themis
vase in Berlin, Cat. 2538. Purple (now faded) has been used for headdresses and water. Inner
markings in light brown. Eye of the fully developed profile type. Beneath each handle is a
palmette on an inverted flower (?), with a palmette on each side of the handle.
Interior : Within a circle composed of sets of four running inlanders,
separated by chequered squares, Two Ephebi at the Bath. The one on 1. is in
three-quarter face to r., but with head in profile ; he passes his r. hand behind
his neck, probably scraping his back with a strigil. The other, in a bent
attitude to 1., 1. foot resting on the toes, rubs his extended 1. arm with the palm
of his r. ; each wears a fillet. The figures stand on a line which cuts off an
exergue, left red.
Exterior : (a) Ephebi at bath. On the r. has been a house, represented
by an upright supporting a beam, fastened obliquely to it, and capable
of being raised or lowered, the whole resembling the modern Egyptian
"shaduf." The well-head is represented by a cylindrical structure (puteal),
raised about a foot from the floor. Between the well and the upright an
ephebos squats on his heels to 1., raising both hands to his hair, upon which
a companion, standing beside the well in the background, is pouring water
from the bucket, which is attached to the cross-beam by a cord. On the
1. is a loutron, beside which in the background are two ephebi conversing: a
third ephebos on the 1. looks on with folded arms. All except the two in the
well-house wear a fillet.
[Gerhard's drawing does not accurately render the well : it gives the upright, but has
transferred it to the 1. of the design. For the bucket and cord in a similar scene see Hartwig,
Meistersch. p. 259, fig. 36^.]
{b) Five ephebi preparing for the bath. On the J. an ephebos scrapes his
extended 1. arm with a strigil, a companion facing to front, with 1. hand on hip,