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156 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
panther (?) (in E 171 it is more like a cat). The stele is decorated at the upper
edge with a row of upright strokes, and has written on it, kionedon, KAVOJ, ko\6<;.
All the figures are wreathed, excepting the youth on the diphros and the
paidagogos, who wear fillets : all are draped in himation. Beside the instructor
on the r. hang a pair of tablets wound round with a cord.
[Found in a tomb with the black figure kylix and hydria, B 354 and B 441, two bronze
mirrors, and other unpainted vases].
E 173. HYDRIA. Ht. 9! in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb No. F 50. Surface injured. Drawing of
good period, but careless. Purple plants, wreath, and fillets ; and thin line round neck of vase.
Brown upper folds of chiton in case of the woman on r. Eye in simple profile type. Below,
thin red line ; above, strip of linked lotus buds ; at sides, net pattern, forming panel. The
side handles are joined by a broader band of linked lotus buds.
On shoulder : Youth pursuing woman. The youth, wearing petasos at
back, chlamys, endromides, and carrying in 1. two spears, r. hand on thigh, strides
to r. after a woman (head broken away), who, with both arms raised and
extended, runs at full speed, looking back at him. On 1. a second woman runs
away to 1. in same type, r. lifting edge of dress. Each wears chiton and
himation, long hair with fillet radiated over forehead. On r. stands a bearded,
wreathed man, bald and draped, and holding in r. a sceptre surmounted with
a lotus (?). The ground-line and background are filled with plants and flowers.
[Found outside a child's tomb, together with the kylix E 118 ; in the tomb was a bottle of
striped yellow and blue glass].
E 174. HYDRIA. Old No. 733. Ht. irf in. De Witte, Descr. No. 64. El. CSr. iii, pi. 19,
p. 53 ; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. {Poseidon), p. 226, no. k. Purple head-dresses and wool ; fine
' brown lines Used for upper part of chiton. Edge of hair around face dotted. Design on neck
and shoulder. The figures rest on a thin red line. Below this, on a level with the side handles,
is drawn a strip of maeanders in pairs, separated by red cross squares.
Poseidon pursuing Aithra ? Poseidon (bearded, fillet with upright
piece, long chiton, and himation), holding tunny fish in r., pursues to r. Aithra,
laying his 1. hand on her back. She flies, looking back, extending her 1. arm
in front of her ; she wears a sleeved chiton undergirt, a himation over her
shoulders, earrings, and her hair is looped up behind with a radiated stephan£>
Between the figures is a calathos filled with wool.
E 175. HYDRIA. Ht. I4jin. 1892. Drawing in a mannered style of the later severe period. The
design extends over the shoulder. Purple wreath of I. hand figure. Brown inner markings.
Eye in archaic type (pupil brown, inner angle open). Below, key pattern : round lip, egg
pattern.
Two ephebi wreathed, in himatia : the one on the r. leans forward against
a knotted staff, and holds up in both hands a wreath. The other has both hands
enveloped in his himation, which covers his shoulders, but leaves his body bare ;
his hair is fastened horizontally over his neck in a kind of heavy plait.
[Cf. the same headdress in E 67, and Hartwig, Mcistersch. pi. 27.]
panther (?) (in E 171 it is more like a cat). The stele is decorated at the upper
edge with a row of upright strokes, and has written on it, kionedon, KAVOJ, ko\6<;.
All the figures are wreathed, excepting the youth on the diphros and the
paidagogos, who wear fillets : all are draped in himation. Beside the instructor
on the r. hang a pair of tablets wound round with a cord.
[Found in a tomb with the black figure kylix and hydria, B 354 and B 441, two bronze
mirrors, and other unpainted vases].
E 173. HYDRIA. Ht. 9! in. Cameiros, 1864. Tomb No. F 50. Surface injured. Drawing of
good period, but careless. Purple plants, wreath, and fillets ; and thin line round neck of vase.
Brown upper folds of chiton in case of the woman on r. Eye in simple profile type. Below,
thin red line ; above, strip of linked lotus buds ; at sides, net pattern, forming panel. The
side handles are joined by a broader band of linked lotus buds.
On shoulder : Youth pursuing woman. The youth, wearing petasos at
back, chlamys, endromides, and carrying in 1. two spears, r. hand on thigh, strides
to r. after a woman (head broken away), who, with both arms raised and
extended, runs at full speed, looking back at him. On 1. a second woman runs
away to 1. in same type, r. lifting edge of dress. Each wears chiton and
himation, long hair with fillet radiated over forehead. On r. stands a bearded,
wreathed man, bald and draped, and holding in r. a sceptre surmounted with
a lotus (?). The ground-line and background are filled with plants and flowers.
[Found outside a child's tomb, together with the kylix E 118 ; in the tomb was a bottle of
striped yellow and blue glass].
E 174. HYDRIA. Old No. 733. Ht. irf in. De Witte, Descr. No. 64. El. CSr. iii, pi. 19,
p. 53 ; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. {Poseidon), p. 226, no. k. Purple head-dresses and wool ; fine
' brown lines Used for upper part of chiton. Edge of hair around face dotted. Design on neck
and shoulder. The figures rest on a thin red line. Below this, on a level with the side handles,
is drawn a strip of maeanders in pairs, separated by red cross squares.
Poseidon pursuing Aithra ? Poseidon (bearded, fillet with upright
piece, long chiton, and himation), holding tunny fish in r., pursues to r. Aithra,
laying his 1. hand on her back. She flies, looking back, extending her 1. arm
in front of her ; she wears a sleeved chiton undergirt, a himation over her
shoulders, earrings, and her hair is looped up behind with a radiated stephan£>
Between the figures is a calathos filled with wool.
E 175. HYDRIA. Ht. I4jin. 1892. Drawing in a mannered style of the later severe period. The
design extends over the shoulder. Purple wreath of I. hand figure. Brown inner markings.
Eye in archaic type (pupil brown, inner angle open). Below, key pattern : round lip, egg
pattern.
Two ephebi wreathed, in himatia : the one on the r. leans forward against
a knotted staff, and holds up in both hands a wreath. The other has both hands
enveloped in his himation, which covers his shoulders, but leaves his body bare ;
his hair is fastened horizontally over his neck in a kind of heavy plait.
[Cf. the same headdress in E 67, and Hartwig, Mcistersch. pi. 27.]