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212 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
(a) 'Discobolos and paidotribes. On the 1. a nude athlete with 1. leg
advanced poises the discos on his outstretched r. forearm ; his body is inclined
slightly back, as if he were preparing for the swing, the weight resting on the
toes. On the r. a paidotribes (beardless ephebos), draped in a dotted and
bordered mantle, moves to n, looking back and extending a long forked staff
on the 1. side of the discobolos. He wears a fillet with vertical piece over the
forehead. Both have the lips parted, as if they were speaking. In the field,
l S A (part of an imitation? inscription), in small fine letters.
(/>) Auletes. A beardless ephebos, in a long robe, moves with short
steps to r., playing on the flutes, with a phorbeia over and round his head. His
robe has tight-fitting sleeves reaching to the wrists, and a broad border of zigzag
pattern down the side and across the chest, and is embroidered with large
dotted rosettes ; it is blown back as in E 270, where the auletes stands on a
pedestal. On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, ill.
[For this dress, cf. Gardner, Cat. Ashmohan Vases, pi. 19.]
E 289. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 14& in. Nola. BlacaS Coll. Gerhard, Ant. Bildw. i, pi. 32 ;
Panofka, Eigenn. mit ko\6s, pi. 3, fig. 2, p. 70 ; Welcker, Alt. Denkm. vol. v, pi. A, 2, p. 395 ;
Raoul-Rochette, Mon. Ined. p. 262 ; Overbeck, Her. Bildw. pi. x, 1, p. 222, no. 54;
J. H. S. vol. 4, p. 97 ; Wernicke, Lieblingsn. p. 87, no. 1 ; Klein, Liebtingsinschr. p. 74,
no. 1 ; C. I. Gr. 78S3. Much broken, parts of a and a large piece on r. of ^wanting. Finest
stage of severe style, but drawing careless in the extremities of the figures. Purple wreath, fillet
of Hera, bracelets and inscription. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Paris, wool of
sheep, marks of shell of chelys. Around the shell a white rim. Eye archaic. The sheep on
r. is in bold foreshortening (back view). Below, a continuous band of maeander. Below each
handle has been an inverted palmette, now mostly broken away.
(a) Judgment of Paris. On the 1. Paris, a beardless youth with long hair
wreathed, is seated on the side of a rock representing Mount Ida, with legs
crossed ; at the foot of the rock are three sheep and his chelys ; he raises his r.
hand in surprise at the approach of the goddesses, and with his 1. hand under his
mantle, he veils his face before them. Hera, who heads the procession, carries
the apple in her 1. hand, and holds upright her lotus-topped sceptre in her r. hand.
Athene, who follows, holds in her r. hand upright a spear, in her 1. a helmet with
frontal ridge; over her shoulders is the regis, which has one snake on the 1.
shoulder, and the ends of her hair are passed through a roll. She turns to look
at Aphrodite, who holds up on her r. hand a figure of Eros, who is occupied
in arranging her hair. All the goddesses wear a long chiton, himation, bracelets
and a fillet. The himation of Aphrodite is brought up over the back of her
head. On the 1. of Hera and of Aphrodite is inscribed KAvE, icaXij. Between
Aphrodite and Athene is inscribed +A. 1*.. EJ K----- Xa[p]/u.llS\7]^ /c[a\o'?.
(b) Hermes, bearded, with talaria, chlamys, petasos hanging at his back,
and fillet, running to r.
[There is no trace in b of the inscription Timoxenos kalos, nor of the caduceus, which
arc given in the publications. They had been restored in modern paint, the inscription probably
on the analogy of another Blacas vase, E 292.J
(a) 'Discobolos and paidotribes. On the 1. a nude athlete with 1. leg
advanced poises the discos on his outstretched r. forearm ; his body is inclined
slightly back, as if he were preparing for the swing, the weight resting on the
toes. On the r. a paidotribes (beardless ephebos), draped in a dotted and
bordered mantle, moves to n, looking back and extending a long forked staff
on the 1. side of the discobolos. He wears a fillet with vertical piece over the
forehead. Both have the lips parted, as if they were speaking. In the field,
l S A (part of an imitation? inscription), in small fine letters.
(/>) Auletes. A beardless ephebos, in a long robe, moves with short
steps to r., playing on the flutes, with a phorbeia over and round his head. His
robe has tight-fitting sleeves reaching to the wrists, and a broad border of zigzag
pattern down the side and across the chest, and is embroidered with large
dotted rosettes ; it is blown back as in E 270, where the auletes stands on a
pedestal. On the bottom of the foot, incised characters, ill.
[For this dress, cf. Gardner, Cat. Ashmohan Vases, pi. 19.]
E 289. NOLAN AMPHORA. Ht. 14& in. Nola. BlacaS Coll. Gerhard, Ant. Bildw. i, pi. 32 ;
Panofka, Eigenn. mit ko\6s, pi. 3, fig. 2, p. 70 ; Welcker, Alt. Denkm. vol. v, pi. A, 2, p. 395 ;
Raoul-Rochette, Mon. Ined. p. 262 ; Overbeck, Her. Bildw. pi. x, 1, p. 222, no. 54;
J. H. S. vol. 4, p. 97 ; Wernicke, Lieblingsn. p. 87, no. 1 ; Klein, Liebtingsinschr. p. 74,
no. 1 ; C. I. Gr. 78S3. Much broken, parts of a and a large piece on r. of ^wanting. Finest
stage of severe style, but drawing careless in the extremities of the figures. Purple wreath, fillet
of Hera, bracelets and inscription. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Paris, wool of
sheep, marks of shell of chelys. Around the shell a white rim. Eye archaic. The sheep on
r. is in bold foreshortening (back view). Below, a continuous band of maeander. Below each
handle has been an inverted palmette, now mostly broken away.
(a) Judgment of Paris. On the 1. Paris, a beardless youth with long hair
wreathed, is seated on the side of a rock representing Mount Ida, with legs
crossed ; at the foot of the rock are three sheep and his chelys ; he raises his r.
hand in surprise at the approach of the goddesses, and with his 1. hand under his
mantle, he veils his face before them. Hera, who heads the procession, carries
the apple in her 1. hand, and holds upright her lotus-topped sceptre in her r. hand.
Athene, who follows, holds in her r. hand upright a spear, in her 1. a helmet with
frontal ridge; over her shoulders is the regis, which has one snake on the 1.
shoulder, and the ends of her hair are passed through a roll. She turns to look
at Aphrodite, who holds up on her r. hand a figure of Eros, who is occupied
in arranging her hair. All the goddesses wear a long chiton, himation, bracelets
and a fillet. The himation of Aphrodite is brought up over the back of her
head. On the 1. of Hera and of Aphrodite is inscribed KAvE, icaXij. Between
Aphrodite and Athene is inscribed +A. 1*.. EJ K----- Xa[p]/u.llS\7]^ /c[a\o'?.
(b) Hermes, bearded, with talaria, chlamys, petasos hanging at his back,
and fillet, running to r.
[There is no trace in b of the inscription Timoxenos kalos, nor of the caduceus, which
arc given in the publications. They had been restored in modern paint, the inscription probably
on the analogy of another Blacas vase, E 292.J