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looking up to r.; round his neck a decorated collar. Above the centre of the
scene hangs a plectrum (?).
[For ai!Xco8ia, cf. Reisch, Mm. Gr. Cert. pp. 19-21 ; C. I. A. ii, 2, 965, and decree from
Oropos, Reisch, ibid, p. 19.]
E 355. PELIKE. Ht. 10} in. Cameiros ? Neck shattered and part wanting ; surface worn.
Drawing of good period, but careless. Eye in transition type. Each side is surrounded with a
double border of dots, forming a square panel.
(a) Eos pursuing Kephalos.* Kephalos in a himation, and holding
a chelys in r. (Jiair drawn like that of a woman, looped up), moves to r., looking
back at Eos, who lays hands on his r. arm and shoulder. She wears a sleeved
chiton, himation, earrings, and a saccos ; part of her wing and r. leg arc cut
off by the border of the design.
(b) Draped ephebos (mantle over back of head), and bearded man in mantle
leaning on staff, confronted; the man rests his r. on his thigh. Between them
hangs a sybene.
E 356.
E 357.
SMALL PELIKE. Ht. 6| in. Nola. Blacas Coll. De Rossi, Vasi Creci di Blacas,
pi. 19. A circular piece (about ii in. diam.) is wanting from the centre of b. Drawing of good
period, but careless. Edge of hair and beard in single wavy strokes. Eye in profile. Below
a, a band of ivy leaves laid sideways ; below b, a thin red line ; above, egg pattern ; on each
side, net pattern, the whole forming a panel.
(a) On the r. a bearded man in an himation is seated in a chair, his r.
resting on a crutched staff. He is confronted by a woman in long chiton and a
himation which covers both arms and the back of her head ; she wears a fillet.
(b) Ephebos in himation with crutched staff in r., moving away to r.,
looking back.
PELIKE. Old No. 922. Ht. 7| in. Towneley Coll. no. 497. A small fragment is missing
from the r. of b, and the lip is chipped. Strong style. Brown is used for the folds of the chiton
throughout a. and for the ends of floating hair in b. Eye in archaic type with inner angle open.
Each scene is enclosed within a panel, formed by double rows of dots on the top and sides and
by a continuous band of running mreander below.
(a) Two Maenads. The one on r. stands closely draped, but holding out
in her r. a castanet. To her comes a second, dancing (?) and playing on
two castanets; each wears sleeved chiton and himation and has her hair
looped up.
(b) Msenad in a long spotted chiton with sleeves, undergirt, dancing to r.
with head bent forward, playing, with arms extended on each side, on a pair of
castanets ; a mantle rolled up hangs at her back over her arms, and her hair
streams loosely back with the rapidity of her movement.
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* For Kephalos with lyre see E 214 and E 381, and Roscher, s. v. Kephalos; cf. Robert, Bild mid Lied,
11.
looking up to r.; round his neck a decorated collar. Above the centre of the
scene hangs a plectrum (?).
[For ai!Xco8ia, cf. Reisch, Mm. Gr. Cert. pp. 19-21 ; C. I. A. ii, 2, 965, and decree from
Oropos, Reisch, ibid, p. 19.]
E 355. PELIKE. Ht. 10} in. Cameiros ? Neck shattered and part wanting ; surface worn.
Drawing of good period, but careless. Eye in transition type. Each side is surrounded with a
double border of dots, forming a square panel.
(a) Eos pursuing Kephalos.* Kephalos in a himation, and holding
a chelys in r. (Jiair drawn like that of a woman, looped up), moves to r., looking
back at Eos, who lays hands on his r. arm and shoulder. She wears a sleeved
chiton, himation, earrings, and a saccos ; part of her wing and r. leg arc cut
off by the border of the design.
(b) Draped ephebos (mantle over back of head), and bearded man in mantle
leaning on staff, confronted; the man rests his r. on his thigh. Between them
hangs a sybene.
E 356.
E 357.
SMALL PELIKE. Ht. 6| in. Nola. Blacas Coll. De Rossi, Vasi Creci di Blacas,
pi. 19. A circular piece (about ii in. diam.) is wanting from the centre of b. Drawing of good
period, but careless. Edge of hair and beard in single wavy strokes. Eye in profile. Below
a, a band of ivy leaves laid sideways ; below b, a thin red line ; above, egg pattern ; on each
side, net pattern, the whole forming a panel.
(a) On the r. a bearded man in an himation is seated in a chair, his r.
resting on a crutched staff. He is confronted by a woman in long chiton and a
himation which covers both arms and the back of her head ; she wears a fillet.
(b) Ephebos in himation with crutched staff in r., moving away to r.,
looking back.
PELIKE. Old No. 922. Ht. 7| in. Towneley Coll. no. 497. A small fragment is missing
from the r. of b, and the lip is chipped. Strong style. Brown is used for the folds of the chiton
throughout a. and for the ends of floating hair in b. Eye in archaic type with inner angle open.
Each scene is enclosed within a panel, formed by double rows of dots on the top and sides and
by a continuous band of running mreander below.
(a) Two Maenads. The one on r. stands closely draped, but holding out
in her r. a castanet. To her comes a second, dancing (?) and playing on
two castanets; each wears sleeved chiton and himation and has her hair
looped up.
(b) Msenad in a long spotted chiton with sleeves, undergirt, dancing to r.
with head bent forward, playing, with arms extended on each side, on a pair of
castanets ; a mantle rolled up hangs at her back over her arms, and her hair
streams loosely back with the rapidity of her movement.
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* For Kephalos with lyre see E 214 and E 381, and Roscher, s. v. Kephalos; cf. Robert, Bild mid Lied,
11.