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27O CATALOGUE OF VASES.
subjects is mentioned in the lists of Milani, Miiller, or Wolff. Severe style. Purple fillets,
blood, sword-belt, and inscriptions. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Theseus, and
upper folds of his chiton, and shading of the rock in a. The beard of Procrustes is indicated
by a wash and straight strokes of thinned black ; the hair on the forehead of the Minotaur, by
a series of black dots on a hatching of fine strokes in thinned black. The outline of the hair is
incised. Eye of Theseus in a in transition type (pupil against inner angle) : in b the pupil is a
dotted circle in thinned black. Below each side and round the lip, egg pattern ; round the
shoulder, tongue.
(a) Theseus killing the Minotaur. Theseus, a full-grown ephebos with
hair on cheek, long hair looped up behind, with the ends falling over a fillet, and
short girt chiton, with sword in r. hand, has passed his 1. arm round the neck of
the Minotaur and grasps its muzzle in his 1. hand, pulling its head round en
face. He steps forward to r. with his L foot on the r. shin of his opponent.
The Minotaur, fleeing to r., has fallen backwards on to his r. knee ; with his r.
he brandishes a stone, with his 1. he clutches at the 1. shoulder of Theseus ;
blood flows from wounds in the abdomen, chest and each shoulder. He has a
long bull's tail. In the field hang on 1. the scabbard, on r. the petasos (archaic
form) of Theseus : beside him on the r. KAVOJ, /cakos.
{b) Theseus killing Procrustes. The background of the scene is occupied
by a rock, sloping upwards to the r. Beside this, Procrustes, a rough bearded
figure, has fallen on both knees to the r. and looks round in three-quarter face,
with his r. extended in supplication towards his opponent, and with his 1. trying
to loosen the other's grasp. Theseus (as in a), striding forward with his 1. on
the rocky slope, has grasped Procrustes by the back hair, and in his r. swings
back the double axe to deal him a stroke. On the r. hangs his pilos.
E 442. STAMNOS. Old No. 784. lit. 13J in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1492. The shoulder
of this vase sinks in slightly where the neck joins it. Large style. Purple cords, fillets, wreath,
inscription, and leaves of tree. Brown inner markings, folds and outline of chiton of Theseus
in b. Eye in transition type (pupil usually dotted, set against inner angle). Below, a continuous
band of key pattern ; above, tongue ; round the lip, egg pattern.
(a) Theseus capturing the Bull of Marathon. The bull has fallen
forward on its forehead and 1. knee to the 1., as Theseus, kneeling with his 1.
knee on its shoulder, draws tight with his r. hand two cords fastened to its
horns, and with his 1. two cords fastened to each of the hind legs and to the 1.
fore leg. The knee of Theseus is separated from the neck of the bull by a thin
black line. He is beardless and has his hair looped up behind with a fillet. In
the background is a tree on which hangs the petasos (archaic form) of Theseus:
and on the 1. hang his mantle and sword. On the r. a woman, closely wrapped
in a long chiton and mantle, her hair in a fillet and passed through a roll, with
a tie at the ends, stands looking on : perhaps Hecale (?).
(/>) Theseus killing Procrustes. As in E 441, Procrustes, a bearded
figure with fillet, falls to r, on his 1. knee, upon a rocky slope, the top of which
he clasps with his 1. hand ; his bod}- is en face, and he raises his r. arm as if to
protect himself from Theseus, who advances on 1., extending his 1. arm to seize
subjects is mentioned in the lists of Milani, Miiller, or Wolff. Severe style. Purple fillets,
blood, sword-belt, and inscriptions. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Theseus, and
upper folds of his chiton, and shading of the rock in a. The beard of Procrustes is indicated
by a wash and straight strokes of thinned black ; the hair on the forehead of the Minotaur, by
a series of black dots on a hatching of fine strokes in thinned black. The outline of the hair is
incised. Eye of Theseus in a in transition type (pupil against inner angle) : in b the pupil is a
dotted circle in thinned black. Below each side and round the lip, egg pattern ; round the
shoulder, tongue.
(a) Theseus killing the Minotaur. Theseus, a full-grown ephebos with
hair on cheek, long hair looped up behind, with the ends falling over a fillet, and
short girt chiton, with sword in r. hand, has passed his 1. arm round the neck of
the Minotaur and grasps its muzzle in his 1. hand, pulling its head round en
face. He steps forward to r. with his L foot on the r. shin of his opponent.
The Minotaur, fleeing to r., has fallen backwards on to his r. knee ; with his r.
he brandishes a stone, with his 1. he clutches at the 1. shoulder of Theseus ;
blood flows from wounds in the abdomen, chest and each shoulder. He has a
long bull's tail. In the field hang on 1. the scabbard, on r. the petasos (archaic
form) of Theseus : beside him on the r. KAVOJ, /cakos.
{b) Theseus killing Procrustes. The background of the scene is occupied
by a rock, sloping upwards to the r. Beside this, Procrustes, a rough bearded
figure, has fallen on both knees to the r. and looks round in three-quarter face,
with his r. extended in supplication towards his opponent, and with his 1. trying
to loosen the other's grasp. Theseus (as in a), striding forward with his 1. on
the rocky slope, has grasped Procrustes by the back hair, and in his r. swings
back the double axe to deal him a stroke. On the r. hangs his pilos.
E 442. STAMNOS. Old No. 784. lit. 13J in. Vulci. Canino Coll. no. 1492. The shoulder
of this vase sinks in slightly where the neck joins it. Large style. Purple cords, fillets, wreath,
inscription, and leaves of tree. Brown inner markings, folds and outline of chiton of Theseus
in b. Eye in transition type (pupil usually dotted, set against inner angle). Below, a continuous
band of key pattern ; above, tongue ; round the lip, egg pattern.
(a) Theseus capturing the Bull of Marathon. The bull has fallen
forward on its forehead and 1. knee to the 1., as Theseus, kneeling with his 1.
knee on its shoulder, draws tight with his r. hand two cords fastened to its
horns, and with his 1. two cords fastened to each of the hind legs and to the 1.
fore leg. The knee of Theseus is separated from the neck of the bull by a thin
black line. He is beardless and has his hair looped up behind with a fillet. In
the background is a tree on which hangs the petasos (archaic form) of Theseus:
and on the 1. hang his mantle and sword. On the r. a woman, closely wrapped
in a long chiton and mantle, her hair in a fillet and passed through a roll, with
a tie at the ends, stands looking on : perhaps Hecale (?).
(/>) Theseus killing Procrustes. As in E 441, Procrustes, a bearded
figure with fillet, falls to r, on his 1. knee, upon a rocky slope, the top of which
he clasps with his 1. hand ; his bod}- is en face, and he raises his r. arm as if to
protect himself from Theseus, who advances on 1., extending his 1. arm to seize