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188 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
bracelets, earrings, a row of pearls in the hair, a necklace, and studs on the
shoulders. Beside Eros in the background is a tree with fruit: and behind him
a plant with a spiral springs from the ground.
E 246. HYDRIA. Ht. 12 in. Cameiros, 1885, Tomb no. 43. Biliotti Sale Cat. no. 198.
/. II. S., vol. xi, p. 343. A piece broken away from r. of design. Rough careless style, as if
caricature. Above and below, strip of linked lotus buds ; on lip, hatched lines.
On shoulder and part of body : Zagreus devoured by Titans. In centre,
en face, a bearded Titan (girt chiton, £eipd, with pattern of ivy, and akanreKrj)
eats a limb which with his r. he has torn from the corpse of a boy which he
holds on 1. arm. On r. a second Titan, also in Thracian dress, flees rapidly
away to r., holding a staff and looking back. On 1. Dionysos (bearded,
wreathed with ivy, wearing a long girt chiton), holding in r. thyrsos, looks
on with 1. hand raised, as if in surprise.
[For the hostility between Dionysos and Orpheus, and for the parallel between the
Orpheus and Pentheus legends, see Maass, Orpheus, pp. 155-7.]
E 247. HYDRIA. Old No. 1357. Ht. II| in. Hamilton Coll. Much broken, and surface
damaged, but design fairly complete. Later stage of fine style. Around the neck is a wreath
with raised berries which were probably gilt.
On the shoulder and body: combat of a Greek with two Amazons.
The warrior strides forward on the r. with shield (triple border of dots) advanced
and sword drawn back : he is beardless, and wears a helmet and a mantle falling
from his shoulders. Two Amazons advance against him. The foremost,
mounted on a horse, brandishes a spear against him : the other strides forward,
aiming with a curved Scythian bow : each wears an embroidered tunic over
a jacket and trousers of a patterned fabric, boots, and a kidaris over her
long hair. The mounted one has a panther skin for saddle cloth : above the
horse's head a bird flies vertically downwards, with feet towards the spectator:
and beneath the horse's fore feet lies a pelta, badly drawn.
E 248. HYDRIA. Ht. 10J in. Ruvo. Temple Coll. Drawing rough, and of late period.
Below the design, a strip composed of sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares.
Above it, on the neck, a strip of laurel wreath. On lip, egg moulding.
A woman seated to 1. on a chest, playing ball: she wears under-
girt chiton with broad vertical stripe, and her wavy hair is confined with a
fillet. With her 1. she raises edge of dress from shoulder : she is offered an
alabastron by a youth confronting her, who stands with r. resting on staff: a
mantle passed over his shoulders hangs from his arms. Above the r. hand of
the woman, two balls, one over the other. The chest has lion's feet, and is
decorated with a palmette between two handles (?), and below is a band of
running maeander.
E 249. HYDRIA. Ht. 7 J in. Rhodes, 1856. Late coarse style. Eye in profile. Reddish white
fillctjand ends of taenia. Above and below, strip of egg pattern.
bracelets, earrings, a row of pearls in the hair, a necklace, and studs on the
shoulders. Beside Eros in the background is a tree with fruit: and behind him
a plant with a spiral springs from the ground.
E 246. HYDRIA. Ht. 12 in. Cameiros, 1885, Tomb no. 43. Biliotti Sale Cat. no. 198.
/. II. S., vol. xi, p. 343. A piece broken away from r. of design. Rough careless style, as if
caricature. Above and below, strip of linked lotus buds ; on lip, hatched lines.
On shoulder and part of body : Zagreus devoured by Titans. In centre,
en face, a bearded Titan (girt chiton, £eipd, with pattern of ivy, and akanreKrj)
eats a limb which with his r. he has torn from the corpse of a boy which he
holds on 1. arm. On r. a second Titan, also in Thracian dress, flees rapidly
away to r., holding a staff and looking back. On 1. Dionysos (bearded,
wreathed with ivy, wearing a long girt chiton), holding in r. thyrsos, looks
on with 1. hand raised, as if in surprise.
[For the hostility between Dionysos and Orpheus, and for the parallel between the
Orpheus and Pentheus legends, see Maass, Orpheus, pp. 155-7.]
E 247. HYDRIA. Old No. 1357. Ht. II| in. Hamilton Coll. Much broken, and surface
damaged, but design fairly complete. Later stage of fine style. Around the neck is a wreath
with raised berries which were probably gilt.
On the shoulder and body: combat of a Greek with two Amazons.
The warrior strides forward on the r. with shield (triple border of dots) advanced
and sword drawn back : he is beardless, and wears a helmet and a mantle falling
from his shoulders. Two Amazons advance against him. The foremost,
mounted on a horse, brandishes a spear against him : the other strides forward,
aiming with a curved Scythian bow : each wears an embroidered tunic over
a jacket and trousers of a patterned fabric, boots, and a kidaris over her
long hair. The mounted one has a panther skin for saddle cloth : above the
horse's head a bird flies vertically downwards, with feet towards the spectator:
and beneath the horse's fore feet lies a pelta, badly drawn.
E 248. HYDRIA. Ht. 10J in. Ruvo. Temple Coll. Drawing rough, and of late period.
Below the design, a strip composed of sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares.
Above it, on the neck, a strip of laurel wreath. On lip, egg moulding.
A woman seated to 1. on a chest, playing ball: she wears under-
girt chiton with broad vertical stripe, and her wavy hair is confined with a
fillet. With her 1. she raises edge of dress from shoulder : she is offered an
alabastron by a youth confronting her, who stands with r. resting on staff: a
mantle passed over his shoulders hangs from his arms. Above the r. hand of
the woman, two balls, one over the other. The chest has lion's feet, and is
decorated with a palmette between two handles (?), and below is a band of
running maeander.
E 249. HYDRIA. Ht. 7 J in. Rhodes, 1856. Late coarse style. Eye in profile. Reddish white
fillctjand ends of taenia. Above and below, strip of egg pattern.