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IIYDRI^. 161
Hecate stands en face, but looking to 1., holding out on each side of her a
blazing torch : she wears a Doric chiton with apoptygma, and has her hair
knotted with a radiated fillet. Above each of these figures is inscribed their
name, TPIPTOAEMOC, T/347TTo\e/xo?, AHMHTHP, Lr\jxrfTt]p, EKATH, 'Emti). On the
r. a woman runs up, with sleeved chiton, mantle and radiated sphendone, holding
in her r. a tripod situla filled with fruits (?). On the 1. of Triptolemos
Persephone stands en face, with sceptre and dress like those of Demeter, but
hair looped up, and earrings : she turns to 1., extending her r. hand towards a
woman advancing on 1. with two torches, a long sleeved chiton and mantle, and
headdress like that of Hecate : her body is drawn within the handle. On the 1.
stands Pluto with white hair and beard, a long chiton and mantle : he carries
on his r. arm a sceptre (as before), on his 1. a large cornucopia filled with fruits.
On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, AH.
[M tiller, Wclcker, and others take the figure on the 1. with torches as Persephone, and
interpret the figure on 1. of Triptolemos as Rhea. The use of the lunate sigma is undoubted.]
E 184. HYDRIA. Ht. I5f in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Music Blacas, pi. xxi, p. 63. Drawing of
good period, but careless. Purple wreath of Seilenos, fillet, circlet and ground lines. Brown
inner markings, and hair of r. hand nymph. Eye in profile. The design curves up over the
shoulder. Below, a strip of ma;ander broken by three chequered squares. Above, a strip of
ivy wreath (the stalks purple) in a red border open on the 1. Round the lip, egg pattern.
Dionysos seizing a Nymph. Dionysos, bearded, with long hair and woollen
fillet, long bordered chiton with apoptygma, a mantle rolled up over his shoulders,
moving to r., has caught a Nymph by her r. shoulder, and touches her on the
breast with the head of the thyrsos which he holds in his r. hand. She looks
back at him, extending towards him her r. arm, and with her 1. hand raises the
drapery from her shoulder ; she wears a long chiton with apoptygma, a mantle
over her shoulders, and a fillet around her hair, which is looped up behind. On
the r. of her on raised ground is a striped cushion. On the r. a second
Nymph, in a Doric chiton and spotted saccos, stands en face, but looks to I.,
holding up in both hands a circlet. On the r. Eros, a boy with hair looped up
over his cars and a fillet, is seated to 1. on raised ground, holding up in both
hands a fillet. On the 1. a Seilenos is seated to r. on raised ground, playing on
the flutes.
E 185.
HYDRIA. Ht. 153 in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Drawing of a good period. Purple
(now nearly white) inscriptions, headdress of dancers, and berries of the ephebos' wreath, and
tuning pegs and plectrum-cord of lyre. Brown inner markings, folds of dancers' chiton, and
pattern on their diploTs. The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of maeahders
broken by chequer squares ; above, a strip of upright palmette and honeysuckle : round the lip
and handles, egg pattern.
Dancing lesson. In the centre two young girls with short chiton, a
diploi's with embattled border and horizontal zigzag lines, hair gathered in a wavy
mass behind, dance towards each other, hands on hips, and head turned outwards:
the one on the 1. has a wreath, the other a fillet. Over each of them is inscribed
KAah, Kahi'}. On the r. is the instructress, a grown woman in a sleeved chiton,
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Hecate stands en face, but looking to 1., holding out on each side of her a
blazing torch : she wears a Doric chiton with apoptygma, and has her hair
knotted with a radiated fillet. Above each of these figures is inscribed their
name, TPIPTOAEMOC, T/347TTo\e/xo?, AHMHTHP, Lr\jxrfTt]p, EKATH, 'Emti). On the
r. a woman runs up, with sleeved chiton, mantle and radiated sphendone, holding
in her r. a tripod situla filled with fruits (?). On the 1. of Triptolemos
Persephone stands en face, with sceptre and dress like those of Demeter, but
hair looped up, and earrings : she turns to 1., extending her r. hand towards a
woman advancing on 1. with two torches, a long sleeved chiton and mantle, and
headdress like that of Hecate : her body is drawn within the handle. On the 1.
stands Pluto with white hair and beard, a long chiton and mantle : he carries
on his r. arm a sceptre (as before), on his 1. a large cornucopia filled with fruits.
On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, AH.
[M tiller, Wclcker, and others take the figure on the 1. with torches as Persephone, and
interpret the figure on 1. of Triptolemos as Rhea. The use of the lunate sigma is undoubted.]
E 184. HYDRIA. Ht. I5f in. Nola. Blacas Coll. Music Blacas, pi. xxi, p. 63. Drawing of
good period, but careless. Purple wreath of Seilenos, fillet, circlet and ground lines. Brown
inner markings, and hair of r. hand nymph. Eye in profile. The design curves up over the
shoulder. Below, a strip of ma;ander broken by three chequered squares. Above, a strip of
ivy wreath (the stalks purple) in a red border open on the 1. Round the lip, egg pattern.
Dionysos seizing a Nymph. Dionysos, bearded, with long hair and woollen
fillet, long bordered chiton with apoptygma, a mantle rolled up over his shoulders,
moving to r., has caught a Nymph by her r. shoulder, and touches her on the
breast with the head of the thyrsos which he holds in his r. hand. She looks
back at him, extending towards him her r. arm, and with her 1. hand raises the
drapery from her shoulder ; she wears a long chiton with apoptygma, a mantle
over her shoulders, and a fillet around her hair, which is looped up behind. On
the r. of her on raised ground is a striped cushion. On the r. a second
Nymph, in a Doric chiton and spotted saccos, stands en face, but looks to I.,
holding up in both hands a circlet. On the r. Eros, a boy with hair looped up
over his cars and a fillet, is seated to 1. on raised ground, holding up in both
hands a fillet. On the 1. a Seilenos is seated to r. on raised ground, playing on
the flutes.
E 185.
HYDRIA. Ht. 153 in. Capua. Castellani, 1873. Drawing of a good period. Purple
(now nearly white) inscriptions, headdress of dancers, and berries of the ephebos' wreath, and
tuning pegs and plectrum-cord of lyre. Brown inner markings, folds of dancers' chiton, and
pattern on their diploTs. The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of maeahders
broken by chequer squares ; above, a strip of upright palmette and honeysuckle : round the lip
and handles, egg pattern.
Dancing lesson. In the centre two young girls with short chiton, a
diploi's with embattled border and horizontal zigzag lines, hair gathered in a wavy
mass behind, dance towards each other, hands on hips, and head turned outwards:
the one on the 1. has a wreath, the other a fillet. Over each of them is inscribed
KAah, Kahi'}. On the r. is the instructress, a grown woman in a sleeved chiton,
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