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CALYX-FORM CRATERS. 283
r. She sits to I. with legs crossed, and 1. hand holding two flutes resting on her
knee ; with her r. she clasps the mouthpiece of one flute. Her body and head
are thrown slightly back, as if she were singing. She wears a Doric chiton with
apoptygma girt, earrings, and a fillet, which is wound thrice round her loopcd-up
hair ; her mantle is spread beneath her on the rock. Confronting her, but with
shoulders en face, is a woman in a long chiton, a mantle covering her 1. arm, a
necklace, and saccos ; her r. hand seems to rest on her breast. The third figure
leans against her, with her arms thrown round her neck and hands clasped on
the further shoulder ; she is dressed like the seated figure, but wears a radiated
stephane. Above the seated woman hangs a chelys with six strings.
il>) Musical scene. A woman on the r. offers in her r. a chelys to a girl of
shorter stature, who confronts her, playing on the flutes. Each wears a long
chiton and a mantle wrapped close, and has hair looped up behind with a
fillet. The chiton of the flute-player is arranged in symmetrical groups of three
folds, with crosses between. Between the figures is a square box, with lid on
hinges open to 1.
E 462. CRATER. Ht. ujin. Diam. ill in. Nola. Blacas Col). Surface of the figures much
decayed. The design forms a continuous frieze all round the body of the vase. Fine.style.
Purple ground-lines, berries of thyrsos,and inscriptions (almost faded). Broun inner markings.
Below each side, marauders with red cross squares. Round the lip, a laurel-wreath.
Dionysos and thiasos. Dionysos, bearded and wreathed with ivy, with
long hair falling on his shoulders, a long Ionic chiton, mantle, and shoes, and a
thyrsos in his 1. hand, walks on raised ground to r., looking back, and holding up on
his r. hand by its foot a cantharos. His thyrsos has a long vine-shoot springing
from the stock. He is preceded by a Seilenos playing flutes, and followed by a
Maenad playing on a chelys with her 1. hand and holding a thyrsos in her r.
hand. Over her, KAAE, KaXi). Behind her (over the handle) is a Seilenos, on
high ground, who has caught by the r. hind leg a fawn moving to 1., which
looks round at him. Over this group, KAVOS, /ca\6<;. Next, on 1., is a Seilenos,
who, with his r. on raised ground and both arms extended (the 1. above his
head), attacks a Msenad, who flees to 1., with a cantharos extended on her 1.
palm, and turns to thrust at him with the butt end of her thyrsos. Over her,
KAAE, fcaXij. Next is a Seilenos running at full speed uphill after a Msenad
(over the handle), who has a thyrsos in her r., and a springing lion on her 1.
arm. Beside the Seilenos is written, KAAO^, ko\6<; ; above the lion, KAAE, koXi).
This Maenad wears a long dotted chiton, over which is a (Thracian ?) jerkin,
decorated with circles and girt at the waist ; her hair is looped up with an ivy-
wreath. The other Maenads wear a long Ionic chiton with apoptygma, a nebris
knotted over one shoulder and round the waist, and an ivy-wreath. Beneath
the last Seilenos is a diota wreathed, lying on its side.
E 463. CRATER. Old No. 867. Ht. 9I in. Diam. 9? in. Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, i,
pll. 33-5. Good period. Purple fillet and strings of petasos. Brown inner markings. Eye in
profile. Below a, sets of three maeanders in alternate directions, separated by dotted cross
squares ; below b, key pattern. Round the lip, laurel-wreath. Surface of (6) much destroyed.
r. She sits to I. with legs crossed, and 1. hand holding two flutes resting on her
knee ; with her r. she clasps the mouthpiece of one flute. Her body and head
are thrown slightly back, as if she were singing. She wears a Doric chiton with
apoptygma girt, earrings, and a fillet, which is wound thrice round her loopcd-up
hair ; her mantle is spread beneath her on the rock. Confronting her, but with
shoulders en face, is a woman in a long chiton, a mantle covering her 1. arm, a
necklace, and saccos ; her r. hand seems to rest on her breast. The third figure
leans against her, with her arms thrown round her neck and hands clasped on
the further shoulder ; she is dressed like the seated figure, but wears a radiated
stephane. Above the seated woman hangs a chelys with six strings.
il>) Musical scene. A woman on the r. offers in her r. a chelys to a girl of
shorter stature, who confronts her, playing on the flutes. Each wears a long
chiton and a mantle wrapped close, and has hair looped up behind with a
fillet. The chiton of the flute-player is arranged in symmetrical groups of three
folds, with crosses between. Between the figures is a square box, with lid on
hinges open to 1.
E 462. CRATER. Ht. ujin. Diam. ill in. Nola. Blacas Col). Surface of the figures much
decayed. The design forms a continuous frieze all round the body of the vase. Fine.style.
Purple ground-lines, berries of thyrsos,and inscriptions (almost faded). Broun inner markings.
Below each side, marauders with red cross squares. Round the lip, a laurel-wreath.
Dionysos and thiasos. Dionysos, bearded and wreathed with ivy, with
long hair falling on his shoulders, a long Ionic chiton, mantle, and shoes, and a
thyrsos in his 1. hand, walks on raised ground to r., looking back, and holding up on
his r. hand by its foot a cantharos. His thyrsos has a long vine-shoot springing
from the stock. He is preceded by a Seilenos playing flutes, and followed by a
Maenad playing on a chelys with her 1. hand and holding a thyrsos in her r.
hand. Over her, KAAE, KaXi). Behind her (over the handle) is a Seilenos, on
high ground, who has caught by the r. hind leg a fawn moving to 1., which
looks round at him. Over this group, KAVOS, /ca\6<;. Next, on 1., is a Seilenos,
who, with his r. on raised ground and both arms extended (the 1. above his
head), attacks a Msenad, who flees to 1., with a cantharos extended on her 1.
palm, and turns to thrust at him with the butt end of her thyrsos. Over her,
KAAE, fcaXij. Next is a Seilenos running at full speed uphill after a Msenad
(over the handle), who has a thyrsos in her r., and a springing lion on her 1.
arm. Beside the Seilenos is written, KAAO^, ko\6<; ; above the lion, KAAE, koXi).
This Maenad wears a long dotted chiton, over which is a (Thracian ?) jerkin,
decorated with circles and girt at the waist ; her hair is looped up with an ivy-
wreath. The other Maenads wear a long Ionic chiton with apoptygma, a nebris
knotted over one shoulder and round the waist, and an ivy-wreath. Beneath
the last Seilenos is a diota wreathed, lying on its side.
E 463. CRATER. Old No. 867. Ht. 9I in. Diam. 9? in. Hamilton Coll. D'Hancarville, i,
pll. 33-5. Good period. Purple fillet and strings of petasos. Brown inner markings. Eye in
profile. Below a, sets of three maeanders in alternate directions, separated by dotted cross
squares ; below b, key pattern. Round the lip, laurel-wreath. Surface of (6) much destroyed.