Smith, Cecil Harcourt; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 3): Vases of the finest period (London, 1896)

138 CATALOGUE OF VASES.

of corn. Purple for inscriptions, snake's tongue, stalks of corn, flame, flower, and wreath of
Eumolpos, also cord attaching foot-rest to car. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek, and
upper markings of jug. Eye archaic, sometimes with dotted pupil. The finger-nails of
Dionysos are drawn in. Below, two thin red lines. On the 1. handle is incised HIEPON
EPOIEJ-EN, 'Upuv (Trolijcrev.

The sending of Triptolemos. In the centre Triptolemos, a youth with
long hair wreathed, hair on check, long chiton with studded sleeves, and
mantle, is seated to r. in the winged car, holding up in his 1. a bunch of
corn, in his r. a phiale decorated with, dotted triangles and egg pattern :
over him, his name, TFITPTOVEMOJ, T/H7r(7r)ToAe/Ao?. The scat of the car,
which, with the foot-rest, is edged with egg pattern, is supported by a central
stay in the form of an Ionic column ; a side post of similar form, rising
from the floor of the car, supports the handrail decorated with billet pattern ;
the floor is edged with a pattern of zigzags. From the axle rises on each
side a great wing, and between wing and wheel is an arching snake with
wide open toothed jaws and protruding tongue, striking to r. On the r.
Persephone stands with torch in 1. and holding out a fluted oinochoe in r.
as if to pour into the phiale of Triptolemos : she wears a long chiton with
studded sleeves, a bordered mantle, earrings, necklace of beads, and hair
fastened in crobylos with a radiated stephane decorated with tendril pattern.
On the 1. her name, 4>ei?o*atta, ^epcKparra. Behind Triptolemos stands
Demeter, holding out ears of corn in 1. and torch in r., dressed in a long
chiton with studded sleeves, mantle, and earrings, with hair fastened in crobylos
with a stephane ornamented with cable pattern and an embattled edge: her
mantle is richly decorated with horizontal rows of patterns and subjects in
black silhouette, the whole edged with a border of palmettes inside a tendril
pattern ; the subjects represented are: (lowest row) small winged figures
running over a row of dolphins plunging : eagles flying: chariot race : foot
race (all these move to r.) : dolphins and birds vertical: panthers crouching to 1.
On the r. her name, AEMETPE, A^/^rp; for Atj^ttjp. Behind Persephone
stands Eleusis, the personification of the locality ; with her 1. she raises the
skirt of her chiton, and in her r. holds a flower to her face: she wears a dress
and headdress like that of Persephone, but her mantle has no pattern, and
is passed over the back of her head: on the r. her name, EVEV51S, 'EXevcrk.
Behind her, and beneath the r. handle, Eumolpos is seated to r. on a
square base, holding a sceptre upright in his 1. : with r. hand on side he turns
to look at the scene on the 1. : he is bearded, and wreathed with olive, and
wears a long chiton and bordered mantle : his scat is divided in four by
two diagonals, and the upper and lower triangles so formed are black, the
others red : on it is a cushion decorated with dotted chequers. Beside him,
EVMOVrros, Ei!/ioX7r(7r)o?. At his feet is a swan to r., perhaps following
Zeus, who walks to r., dressed as Eumolpos, and has sceptre in 1., but in r.
holds a winged thunderbolt; on 1. his name, IEV$, Zev?. He is preceded
by Dionysos, similarly dressed, but holding upright in his 1. a long ivy