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(b) An ephebos holding up a strigil in his r., an aryballos (?) hanging from
his 1. hand, standing to r. On each side of him a draped ephebos : the one on 1.
has a ball (?) hanging from his 1. hand. On the bottom of the foot incised
characters, see Old Catalogue, pi. C. 1395.
E 434. PELIKE. Old No. C. 21. Ht. 1 ft. Cyrenaica. Werry. Drawing in the style of the Plate XIV.
later fine vases found at Kertch. White, with yellow details, on the red ground is used for the
two Gryphons of the central group, except their wings, which are in the usual red-figure method.
On the head of the one on the r. there are remains of red colour. Brown is used (or inner
markings. The composition in a is arranged so that scarcely any of the field is left unfilled.
Below and round the lip, continuous bands of egg pattern, and a strip of the same above each
side ; below each handle, a double palmette.
(a) Contest between Gryphons and Arimaspi (?). The scene is laid
on the side of a wooded hill, part of which is indicated below, covered with dotted
trefoils and with laurel branches issuing from it. The figures stand on different
levels, and the spaces between them are filled with laurels springing from
the ground. In the centre an Arimasp, moving en face to r., but looking
round and brandishing over her head her battle-axe (sagaris) and with her
crescent-form pelta in her 1., tries to defend herself against the attack of three
Gryphons. One of these springs forward on the 1., descending on her with both
fore paws ; the second crouches on the r., biting her knee. The third, at a higher
level on the r., crouches as if about to spring on her. In the background behind
the 1. hand Gryphon a second Arimasp, with spear in r. and pelta in 1., steps to r.
and thrusts downwards at the Gryphon beside her, and above the central group
the body of a third appears, half hidden behind the hill top. This Arimasp is
en face, but with head in profile to 1. has raised with both arms on to her
shoulders a large mass of rock, preparing to hurl it down on the 1. hand Gryphon.
The Arimaspi are dressed alike in shoes and a jerkin and anaxyrides decorated
with rows of pattern separated by dots, and wear a curiously shaped kidaris,
which in addition to the usual flaps has an upright piece over each ear. They
have a short girt tunic, elaborately decorated with wave pattern, rays, and other
patterns. Their peltae have the inside decorated with zigzags within a broad
black border.
(b) Three draped ephebi, two on 1. confronting the third.
E435.
[For the colour of the Gryphons, cf. the description of Ctesias, Indica, ch. 57, 12; and for
the whole scene, cf. Atitiq. du Bosph. pi. 58, 6, 7 ; Stephani, C. R. 1864, p. 74. For the iy^e of
Arimaspi, cf. Baumeister, vignettes on pp. 465, 807.]
PELIKE. Old No. C. 20. Ht. ri| in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866. Late style. The
flesh of Eros is white with yellow details on the red ground ; his wings and hair are in the usual
red-figure method. Inner markings in very fine black varnish lines. Below, above each side
and round lip, egg pattern. Beneath each handle, a double palmette.
(a) Dionysos and Ariadne seated, Satyr, Eros and Pan. In the centre
Dionysos, a youthful figure wreathed with ivy, is seated on a mantle to 1.,
leaning on his 1. elbow and holding a thyrsos upright in his r. hand ; he turns his
(b) An ephebos holding up a strigil in his r., an aryballos (?) hanging from
his 1. hand, standing to r. On each side of him a draped ephebos : the one on 1.
has a ball (?) hanging from his 1. hand. On the bottom of the foot incised
characters, see Old Catalogue, pi. C. 1395.
E 434. PELIKE. Old No. C. 21. Ht. 1 ft. Cyrenaica. Werry. Drawing in the style of the Plate XIV.
later fine vases found at Kertch. White, with yellow details, on the red ground is used for the
two Gryphons of the central group, except their wings, which are in the usual red-figure method.
On the head of the one on the r. there are remains of red colour. Brown is used (or inner
markings. The composition in a is arranged so that scarcely any of the field is left unfilled.
Below and round the lip, continuous bands of egg pattern, and a strip of the same above each
side ; below each handle, a double palmette.
(a) Contest between Gryphons and Arimaspi (?). The scene is laid
on the side of a wooded hill, part of which is indicated below, covered with dotted
trefoils and with laurel branches issuing from it. The figures stand on different
levels, and the spaces between them are filled with laurels springing from
the ground. In the centre an Arimasp, moving en face to r., but looking
round and brandishing over her head her battle-axe (sagaris) and with her
crescent-form pelta in her 1., tries to defend herself against the attack of three
Gryphons. One of these springs forward on the 1., descending on her with both
fore paws ; the second crouches on the r., biting her knee. The third, at a higher
level on the r., crouches as if about to spring on her. In the background behind
the 1. hand Gryphon a second Arimasp, with spear in r. and pelta in 1., steps to r.
and thrusts downwards at the Gryphon beside her, and above the central group
the body of a third appears, half hidden behind the hill top. This Arimasp is
en face, but with head in profile to 1. has raised with both arms on to her
shoulders a large mass of rock, preparing to hurl it down on the 1. hand Gryphon.
The Arimaspi are dressed alike in shoes and a jerkin and anaxyrides decorated
with rows of pattern separated by dots, and wear a curiously shaped kidaris,
which in addition to the usual flaps has an upright piece over each ear. They
have a short girt tunic, elaborately decorated with wave pattern, rays, and other
patterns. Their peltae have the inside decorated with zigzags within a broad
black border.
(b) Three draped ephebi, two on 1. confronting the third.
E435.
[For the colour of the Gryphons, cf. the description of Ctesias, Indica, ch. 57, 12; and for
the whole scene, cf. Atitiq. du Bosph. pi. 58, 6, 7 ; Stephani, C. R. 1864, p. 74. For the iy^e of
Arimaspi, cf. Baumeister, vignettes on pp. 465, 807.]
PELIKE. Old No. C. 20. Ht. ri| in. Cyrenaica. Dennis, 1866. Late style. The
flesh of Eros is white with yellow details on the red ground ; his wings and hair are in the usual
red-figure method. Inner markings in very fine black varnish lines. Below, above each side
and round lip, egg pattern. Beneath each handle, a double palmette.
(a) Dionysos and Ariadne seated, Satyr, Eros and Pan. In the centre
Dionysos, a youthful figure wreathed with ivy, is seated on a mantle to 1.,
leaning on his 1. elbow and holding a thyrsos upright in his r. hand ; he turns his