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252 CATALOGUE OF VASES.
(b) The lower part of three figures in long sleeved chiton and himation.
The one on 1., Dionysos (?), moves to 1., holding a cantharos in his 1. (only
the handle preserved), and in his r., which is raised, perhaps the vine, of
which the grapes and leaves hang down between him and the next figure.
Beside him is inscribed a, the first letter of an inscription which may have been
his name, A[i6vvao$, retrograde. The other two figures move away to r. ; the
heads of all three are wanting.
E 460. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 727. Ht. 17J in. Diam. i8i in. Hamilton Coll. D'Han-
carville, iii, pi. 31 ; Inghirami, Vast Fitt. iii, pi. 290; Moses, Ant. Vases, pi. 20; Dubois-
Maisonneuve, Introd. pi. 81 ; Michaelis, Parthenon, p. 31, gives cut of a, cf. ibid. p. 30, note
108 ; Daremberg and Saglio, s.v. citharista, p. 1216, fig. 1570, give the central part of a.
Surface worn. Finest style. Below each side, pairs of meanders separated by dotted cross
squares ; above, a band of palmcttes, oblique addorsed.
(a) A kitharist victorious (in the Panathenaea ?). In the centre is a
basis of two steps (/3fjfx,a) ; on the lower step mounts from 1. a bearded
man, wreathed with laurel, wearing a long chiton, over which is a shorter Doric
chiton schistos (diploi's); he holds with 1. arm a large kithara of eight strings,
which he touches with his fingers ; a plectrum in his r., the lower end of which
is decorated with cross-lines. Towards him on r. flies a Nike, holding out both
hands, as if with a wreath or tainia (not indicated) ; she wears a Doric chiton
with apoptygma, and hair looped up in a knot. On the r. a bearded man, the
agonothetes, sits in a chair looking on, wreathed with olive and closely wrapped
in a mantle. Balancing this figure on the 1. is a female figure, seated on raised
ground, in long chiton and saccos, with a long spear resting against her r. arm
and shoulder (cf. the Athene in E. frieze of Parthenon). Over her a smaller
figure of Nike swoops down towards the citharist, holding up in her 1. a fluted
phiale, placed in another phiale decorated with circles ; she wears a Doric chiton
and a sphendone.
(/;) A woman in a long Ionic chiton, mantle, and saccos, between two
draped ephebi ; she holds out her r. towards the one on the r., who rests his
r. hand on a staff.
[Cf. C. I. A. ii, 965, which shows that in contests such as that for avSpes KiBapiaTai the prize
at the Panathenaea was not an amphora of oil, but crowns or money. Rcisch, De Mus. Gr.
Cert. p. 20, note 1.]
E 461. CRATER. Old No. 726. Ht. 13J in. Diam. 14J- in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 425.
Late stage of large style. Purple cord of lyre and fillet in b. Brown folds of chiton of central
figure in a, edge of hair, and markings of rock. Eye in transition stage (both angles open).
Below each side, pairs of ma:ander separated by red cross squares. Round the lip, on a
moulding, a pattern of addorsed palmcttes, oblique.
(a) Musical scene. The locality is indicated by a Doric column on the 1.,
which extends to the upper border and supports an architrave with triglyphs ;
beside this is a chair, on which is a cushion with chevron ornaments. Next to
it are two women, who stand listening to a third, who is seated on a rock on the
(b) The lower part of three figures in long sleeved chiton and himation.
The one on 1., Dionysos (?), moves to 1., holding a cantharos in his 1. (only
the handle preserved), and in his r., which is raised, perhaps the vine, of
which the grapes and leaves hang down between him and the next figure.
Beside him is inscribed a, the first letter of an inscription which may have been
his name, A[i6vvao$, retrograde. The other two figures move away to r. ; the
heads of all three are wanting.
E 460. BELL-CRATER. Old No. 727. Ht. 17J in. Diam. i8i in. Hamilton Coll. D'Han-
carville, iii, pi. 31 ; Inghirami, Vast Fitt. iii, pi. 290; Moses, Ant. Vases, pi. 20; Dubois-
Maisonneuve, Introd. pi. 81 ; Michaelis, Parthenon, p. 31, gives cut of a, cf. ibid. p. 30, note
108 ; Daremberg and Saglio, s.v. citharista, p. 1216, fig. 1570, give the central part of a.
Surface worn. Finest style. Below each side, pairs of meanders separated by dotted cross
squares ; above, a band of palmcttes, oblique addorsed.
(a) A kitharist victorious (in the Panathenaea ?). In the centre is a
basis of two steps (/3fjfx,a) ; on the lower step mounts from 1. a bearded
man, wreathed with laurel, wearing a long chiton, over which is a shorter Doric
chiton schistos (diploi's); he holds with 1. arm a large kithara of eight strings,
which he touches with his fingers ; a plectrum in his r., the lower end of which
is decorated with cross-lines. Towards him on r. flies a Nike, holding out both
hands, as if with a wreath or tainia (not indicated) ; she wears a Doric chiton
with apoptygma, and hair looped up in a knot. On the r. a bearded man, the
agonothetes, sits in a chair looking on, wreathed with olive and closely wrapped
in a mantle. Balancing this figure on the 1. is a female figure, seated on raised
ground, in long chiton and saccos, with a long spear resting against her r. arm
and shoulder (cf. the Athene in E. frieze of Parthenon). Over her a smaller
figure of Nike swoops down towards the citharist, holding up in her 1. a fluted
phiale, placed in another phiale decorated with circles ; she wears a Doric chiton
and a sphendone.
(/;) A woman in a long Ionic chiton, mantle, and saccos, between two
draped ephebi ; she holds out her r. towards the one on the r., who rests his
r. hand on a staff.
[Cf. C. I. A. ii, 965, which shows that in contests such as that for avSpes KiBapiaTai the prize
at the Panathenaea was not an amphora of oil, but crowns or money. Rcisch, De Mus. Gr.
Cert. p. 20, note 1.]
E 461. CRATER. Old No. 726. Ht. 13J in. Diam. 14J- in. Vulci. Durand Coll. no. 425.
Late stage of large style. Purple cord of lyre and fillet in b. Brown folds of chiton of central
figure in a, edge of hair, and markings of rock. Eye in transition stage (both angles open).
Below each side, pairs of ma:ander separated by red cross squares. Round the lip, on a
moulding, a pattern of addorsed palmcttes, oblique.
(a) Musical scene. The locality is indicated by a Doric column on the 1.,
which extends to the upper border and supports an architrave with triglyphs ;
beside this is a chair, on which is a cushion with chevron ornaments. Next to
it are two women, who stand listening to a third, who is seated on a rock on the