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I92 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
[The name of the Amazon has been variously interpreted : Rochette and Creuzer, loc. tit.,
read the word as eypacfro-ev, and combined the two names as an artist's signature. The name,
however, is perfectly legible and complete.]
E 254. AMPHORA. Old No. 792. Ht. 25 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1112. Style of
Phintias. Specially characteristic is the form of head throughout, particularly in the case of
the old man in a, which is very long in proportion to its width. Purple inscriptions, fillets, sword-
belt, dog-collar, wreaths, cord of plectrum and tuning pegs of lyre. Brown inner markings,
hair on cheek, and folds of himatia. Eye of archaic type. Outline of hair incised and edged
with raised black dots. Each design is enclosed within a border : below, palmettes alternately
inverted, black on red : at the sides, a band of palmettes running downwards, and above,
upright with petals between ; the top and sides are red on black, all the other patterns are
black on red [cf. the Phintias hydria E 159]. The other patterns are like those of E 253 : the
foot is restored.
(a) Departure of a warrior. In the centre a young warrior with long
hair looped up with fillet, whiskers, helmet on top of crown tilted back, short
chiton, cuirass, greaves and shield (device, a snake arching to 1.), and holding
spear upright in r., stands to 1. facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume,
holding Scythian bow in 1. and battle-axe (sagaris) in r., who looks down as if
in grief: he wears anaxyrides and jerkin of skin indicated by small brown
circles, boots reaching above the ankles, and high curved kidaris : at his side
hangs a large quiver and bow case. The shield of the warrior is disproportion-
ately large, and is held away to v., so that the front part of his body is visible.
On the r. a bearded man bald over the wrinkled forehead stands leaning on
a staff, closely wrapped in his himation, from which his r. hand emerges : with
the finger and thumb he holds his nose, looking down with wrinkled forehead
in a reflective attitude: he wears a fillet, and his mantle passes high around
the back of his head. At his feet a large hound of mastiff breed couches,
looking up at him. In the field imitation inscriptions, the letters very clearly
written.
[The gesture of the old man, evidently intended to express sad reflection, is not given in
Sittl, Die Gebdrden der Gr. und Rom. The inscriptions recall those on certain amphorae of
Euthymides, see Jahrbuch, 1895, p. no.]
(/;) Kitharist and two ephebi. In the centre a youth wreathed, with
hair falling in wavy locks to shoulders, long Ionic chiton and mantle, walks to
r., playing on a kithara held against his 1. shoulder, with head thrown back :
the kithara is supported by a looped ribbon around 1. wrist ; from the lower part
hangs a spotted sash. On each side stands a youth wreathed and draped,
holding a knotted staff. The one on the r. has his mantle passed over the back
of his head and his 1. arm : his 1. hand beneath it is drawn in spiral form
[cf. E 25, E 261]. In the field imitation inscriptions. The kitharist alone of
the three is without hair on his cheek.
E 255. AMPHORA. Old No. 793. Ht. 32 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1182. Archaotogia,
23, p. 209 ; Gerhard, Rapp. Vole. p. 182, no. 735 ; p. 1S6, no. 755 ; A. V. ii, p. 147, note 17, C ;
Ann. deW Inst. 1830, p. 208 ; Klein, ibid. 1881, p. 81 ; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 402,
[The name of the Amazon has been variously interpreted : Rochette and Creuzer, loc. tit.,
read the word as eypacfro-ev, and combined the two names as an artist's signature. The name,
however, is perfectly legible and complete.]
E 254. AMPHORA. Old No. 792. Ht. 25 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1112. Style of
Phintias. Specially characteristic is the form of head throughout, particularly in the case of
the old man in a, which is very long in proportion to its width. Purple inscriptions, fillets, sword-
belt, dog-collar, wreaths, cord of plectrum and tuning pegs of lyre. Brown inner markings,
hair on cheek, and folds of himatia. Eye of archaic type. Outline of hair incised and edged
with raised black dots. Each design is enclosed within a border : below, palmettes alternately
inverted, black on red : at the sides, a band of palmettes running downwards, and above,
upright with petals between ; the top and sides are red on black, all the other patterns are
black on red [cf. the Phintias hydria E 159]. The other patterns are like those of E 253 : the
foot is restored.
(a) Departure of a warrior. In the centre a young warrior with long
hair looped up with fillet, whiskers, helmet on top of crown tilted back, short
chiton, cuirass, greaves and shield (device, a snake arching to 1.), and holding
spear upright in r., stands to 1. facing a bearded archer in Phrygian costume,
holding Scythian bow in 1. and battle-axe (sagaris) in r., who looks down as if
in grief: he wears anaxyrides and jerkin of skin indicated by small brown
circles, boots reaching above the ankles, and high curved kidaris : at his side
hangs a large quiver and bow case. The shield of the warrior is disproportion-
ately large, and is held away to v., so that the front part of his body is visible.
On the r. a bearded man bald over the wrinkled forehead stands leaning on
a staff, closely wrapped in his himation, from which his r. hand emerges : with
the finger and thumb he holds his nose, looking down with wrinkled forehead
in a reflective attitude: he wears a fillet, and his mantle passes high around
the back of his head. At his feet a large hound of mastiff breed couches,
looking up at him. In the field imitation inscriptions, the letters very clearly
written.
[The gesture of the old man, evidently intended to express sad reflection, is not given in
Sittl, Die Gebdrden der Gr. und Rom. The inscriptions recall those on certain amphorae of
Euthymides, see Jahrbuch, 1895, p. no.]
(/;) Kitharist and two ephebi. In the centre a youth wreathed, with
hair falling in wavy locks to shoulders, long Ionic chiton and mantle, walks to
r., playing on a kithara held against his 1. shoulder, with head thrown back :
the kithara is supported by a looped ribbon around 1. wrist ; from the lower part
hangs a spotted sash. On each side stands a youth wreathed and draped,
holding a knotted staff. The one on the r. has his mantle passed over the back
of his head and his 1. arm : his 1. hand beneath it is drawn in spiral form
[cf. E 25, E 261]. In the field imitation inscriptions. The kitharist alone of
the three is without hair on his cheek.
E 255. AMPHORA. Old No. 793. Ht. 32 in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1182. Archaotogia,
23, p. 209 ; Gerhard, Rapp. Vole. p. 182, no. 735 ; p. 1S6, no. 755 ; A. V. ii, p. 147, note 17, C ;
Ann. deW Inst. 1830, p. 208 ; Klein, ibid. 1881, p. 81 ; Overbeck, Kunstmyth. (Apollo), p. 402,