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KYLIKES. I29
Polyxena (?). The woman is dressed in an undergirt sleeveless chiton, with
stethodesmos, and her hair is looped up under her wreath. She raises both
arms, palm upwards, with an imploring gesture towards the man, who raises his
r. above his head (not shown, but probably holding sword drawn from scabbard
in 1.) to despatch her; he wears a chlamys, endromides and a pilos (these last
half seen). The altar is of a form developed from an Ionic capital, and has
rudimentary volutes and egg moulding. Exergue left red.
[The subject of this scene appears to be uncertain. Various other suggestions have been
made, as Orestes killing Clytaemnestra, or Hermione ; Alcmaeon killing Eriphyle : De Witte,
Overbeck and Heydemann all agree in calling it the sacrifice of Polyxena by Neoptolemos.]
E 121. KYLIX, with low foot and offset lip. Old No. 975. Ht. 2| in. Diam. 2i in. Towneley
Coll. no. 503. Surface in bad condition. Drawing careless and mannered. Beneath each
handle is a palmette, from which issues on each side a tendril ending in a flower.
Interior : Within two concentric circles, two women conversing. The one
on 1. is seated on a rock, closely muffled in drapery : the other stands to front,
with face turned to 1. and holding in her r. a sceptre. Both wear sleeved chiton,
himation, and a fillet looping up the hair.
[This scene is identical with the interior of E 122.]
Exterior : (a) Symposion of a bearded man and an ephebos : both recline
to r. on a long cushion or mattress, decorated with vertical stripes, and resting
on the ground. The youth looks round at his companion, who looks down-
wards, and holds in his r. a phiale. They lean on striped cushions, and wear
mantles leaving the r. shoulder free, and woollen fillets. In the field hang two
pairs of objects roughly drawn, boots or halteres (?).
(b) The same, except that here the bearded man looks at his companion.
E 122. KYLIX, with low foot. Old No. 976. Ht. 2f£ in. Diam. 81 in. Nola. Durand Coll.
no. 227. El. Cer. i, p. 81 gives cut of a ; Knapp, Nike in der Vasenm. p. 56, note 1. Drawing
rude. Eye in profile. Beneath and beside each handle a palmette, from which sprouts on
each side a long tendril with three spirals, terminating in a flower. The foot on its under
surface is decorated with a series of concentric circles, partly painted and partly moulded.
Interior: Within two concentric thin red circles, Two women conversing.
The one on 1. is seated on a rock, closely muffled in drapery: the other stands
en face, but looks at her, her r. resting on a sceptre. Both wear a sleeved chiton,
himation, and fillet looping up the hair. Exergue left red.
Exterior: (a) A woman with sceptre, and a winged figure, Nike (?),
running toward her. The woman is exactly like the figure holding sceptre in the
interior, and stands in the same position on r. On 1. Nike, muffled in himation
and wearing chiton and fillet, runs towards her. Between them hang two
uncertain objects (a pair of boots ?).
(b) The same repeated.
E 123. KYLIX, with low foot. Ht. i\ in. Diam. 5-J. in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb no. F 216.
The surface has been ruddled. The eye is of the simple profile type.
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Polyxena (?). The woman is dressed in an undergirt sleeveless chiton, with
stethodesmos, and her hair is looped up under her wreath. She raises both
arms, palm upwards, with an imploring gesture towards the man, who raises his
r. above his head (not shown, but probably holding sword drawn from scabbard
in 1.) to despatch her; he wears a chlamys, endromides and a pilos (these last
half seen). The altar is of a form developed from an Ionic capital, and has
rudimentary volutes and egg moulding. Exergue left red.
[The subject of this scene appears to be uncertain. Various other suggestions have been
made, as Orestes killing Clytaemnestra, or Hermione ; Alcmaeon killing Eriphyle : De Witte,
Overbeck and Heydemann all agree in calling it the sacrifice of Polyxena by Neoptolemos.]
E 121. KYLIX, with low foot and offset lip. Old No. 975. Ht. 2| in. Diam. 2i in. Towneley
Coll. no. 503. Surface in bad condition. Drawing careless and mannered. Beneath each
handle is a palmette, from which issues on each side a tendril ending in a flower.
Interior : Within two concentric circles, two women conversing. The one
on 1. is seated on a rock, closely muffled in drapery : the other stands to front,
with face turned to 1. and holding in her r. a sceptre. Both wear sleeved chiton,
himation, and a fillet looping up the hair.
[This scene is identical with the interior of E 122.]
Exterior : (a) Symposion of a bearded man and an ephebos : both recline
to r. on a long cushion or mattress, decorated with vertical stripes, and resting
on the ground. The youth looks round at his companion, who looks down-
wards, and holds in his r. a phiale. They lean on striped cushions, and wear
mantles leaving the r. shoulder free, and woollen fillets. In the field hang two
pairs of objects roughly drawn, boots or halteres (?).
(b) The same, except that here the bearded man looks at his companion.
E 122. KYLIX, with low foot. Old No. 976. Ht. 2f£ in. Diam. 81 in. Nola. Durand Coll.
no. 227. El. Cer. i, p. 81 gives cut of a ; Knapp, Nike in der Vasenm. p. 56, note 1. Drawing
rude. Eye in profile. Beneath and beside each handle a palmette, from which sprouts on
each side a long tendril with three spirals, terminating in a flower. The foot on its under
surface is decorated with a series of concentric circles, partly painted and partly moulded.
Interior: Within two concentric thin red circles, Two women conversing.
The one on 1. is seated on a rock, closely muffled in drapery: the other stands
en face, but looks at her, her r. resting on a sceptre. Both wear a sleeved chiton,
himation, and fillet looping up the hair. Exergue left red.
Exterior: (a) A woman with sceptre, and a winged figure, Nike (?),
running toward her. The woman is exactly like the figure holding sceptre in the
interior, and stands in the same position on r. On 1. Nike, muffled in himation
and wearing chiton and fillet, runs towards her. Between them hang two
uncertain objects (a pair of boots ?).
(b) The same repeated.
E 123. KYLIX, with low foot. Ht. i\ in. Diam. 5-J. in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb no. F 216.
The surface has been ruddled. The eye is of the simple profile type.
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