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KYLIKES. 123
Exterior: (a) Heracles driving off the cattle of Geryon. Heracles
(bearded, lion-skin over head and girt at waist, with tail looped up in it), holding
club in r. and cornucopia (?) on 1. shoulder, moves to r. behind three bulls,
the foremost of which, drawn in foreshortening almost en face, turns its head to
look back at Heracles. Beside the hindmost bull, in the background, is a
leafless tree with six branches.
[The cornucopia is uncertain, in consequence of a fracture. For Heracles with this
attribute, cf. Ann. delV Inst. 1869, pi. GH, and Roscher, s.v.]
(b) Heracles (?) and the Cretan bull. Heracles, youthful (as in interior
scene), distinguishable by the club which has dropped at his feet, bending
forward to r., has caught the bull by both horns as it springs forward, and seems
to be forcing it backward ; his head is passed under that of the bull, so that the
bull's muzzle rests on the shoulders of the hero. Beside the bull, in the back-
ground, a bearded man stands looking on, who raises his r. with a gesture of
surprise ; he wears a mantle and leans forward against his staff. On the r.
stands another bearded spectator (Iolaos ?), wearing a short girt chiton, the
lower part decorated with a border of vertical black rays, and a skin, and carry-
ing a club on his 1. shoulder; he raises his r. with a gesture of surprise. The
skin does not seem to be that of a lion, but is more like a nebris.
E 105. KYLIX. Old No. 97;*. Ht. 4f in. Diam. 10J in. Millingen Coll. 1847. Broken into
numerous fragments, and surface of int. much decayed in parts, but nothing important wanting.
Style as E 104. No purple ; brown inner markings. The cup in b and the staff of the r. hand
figure in a are drawn in silhouette against the red of the figures. Beneath and beside each
handle, a triple palraette ornament.
Interior: Within a circle consisting of sets of four mseanders separated by
red cross squares, Theseus (?) with the bull of Marathon. The bull springs to
r., but is restrained by Theseus, who grasps it by the r. horn with his 1. ; in his r.
he holds a club ; he wears a cap (perhaps a badly drawn petasos of the archaic
form), and a mantle hangs from his shoulders. Feet on border.
Exterior : (a) Komos. On r. a youthful figure dances to r., looking round,
his r. foot raised to level of his knee ; he is followed by three bearded men ; the
foremost carries a kylix in his 1. ; the second starts to 1., looking back, his r.
hand raised in surprise ; the third walks to r., resting his r. on his staff. All
wear a fillet with a bow over the ears, and a mantle on the 1. arm or shoulder,
and all have staves except the figure with the cup.
(b) Similar. On r. a youth stands to 1. on tiptoe, as if marking time, and
plays on the flutes : towards him come two youths, the foremost turning round
to address the other, who holds on his r. a kylix. On 1. a bearded man moves
away to 1., exactly resembling the figure moving to 1. in a. All the figures are
attired similarly to those in a.
E 106. KYLIX. Ht. 3-Jin. Diam. 8f in. Campanari Coll. Anciently (?) mended with rivets.
Late style. Purple fillets, fruits, straps, and wreaths. Round int. a circle composed of sets
Exterior: (a) Heracles driving off the cattle of Geryon. Heracles
(bearded, lion-skin over head and girt at waist, with tail looped up in it), holding
club in r. and cornucopia (?) on 1. shoulder, moves to r. behind three bulls,
the foremost of which, drawn in foreshortening almost en face, turns its head to
look back at Heracles. Beside the hindmost bull, in the background, is a
leafless tree with six branches.
[The cornucopia is uncertain, in consequence of a fracture. For Heracles with this
attribute, cf. Ann. delV Inst. 1869, pi. GH, and Roscher, s.v.]
(b) Heracles (?) and the Cretan bull. Heracles, youthful (as in interior
scene), distinguishable by the club which has dropped at his feet, bending
forward to r., has caught the bull by both horns as it springs forward, and seems
to be forcing it backward ; his head is passed under that of the bull, so that the
bull's muzzle rests on the shoulders of the hero. Beside the bull, in the back-
ground, a bearded man stands looking on, who raises his r. with a gesture of
surprise ; he wears a mantle and leans forward against his staff. On the r.
stands another bearded spectator (Iolaos ?), wearing a short girt chiton, the
lower part decorated with a border of vertical black rays, and a skin, and carry-
ing a club on his 1. shoulder; he raises his r. with a gesture of surprise. The
skin does not seem to be that of a lion, but is more like a nebris.
E 105. KYLIX. Old No. 97;*. Ht. 4f in. Diam. 10J in. Millingen Coll. 1847. Broken into
numerous fragments, and surface of int. much decayed in parts, but nothing important wanting.
Style as E 104. No purple ; brown inner markings. The cup in b and the staff of the r. hand
figure in a are drawn in silhouette against the red of the figures. Beneath and beside each
handle, a triple palraette ornament.
Interior: Within a circle consisting of sets of four mseanders separated by
red cross squares, Theseus (?) with the bull of Marathon. The bull springs to
r., but is restrained by Theseus, who grasps it by the r. horn with his 1. ; in his r.
he holds a club ; he wears a cap (perhaps a badly drawn petasos of the archaic
form), and a mantle hangs from his shoulders. Feet on border.
Exterior : (a) Komos. On r. a youthful figure dances to r., looking round,
his r. foot raised to level of his knee ; he is followed by three bearded men ; the
foremost carries a kylix in his 1. ; the second starts to 1., looking back, his r.
hand raised in surprise ; the third walks to r., resting his r. on his staff. All
wear a fillet with a bow over the ears, and a mantle on the 1. arm or shoulder,
and all have staves except the figure with the cup.
(b) Similar. On r. a youth stands to 1. on tiptoe, as if marking time, and
plays on the flutes : towards him come two youths, the foremost turning round
to address the other, who holds on his r. a kylix. On 1. a bearded man moves
away to 1., exactly resembling the figure moving to 1. in a. All the figures are
attired similarly to those in a.
E 106. KYLIX. Ht. 3-Jin. Diam. 8f in. Campanari Coll. Anciently (?) mended with rivets.
Late style. Purple fillets, fruits, straps, and wreaths. Round int. a circle composed of sets