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CRATERS WITH VOLUTE HANDLES. 289
thrusting at Zeus with his spear ; he is dressed and armed like the last, but his
helmet has, in place of Pegasos, a Centaur galloping with club or tree uplifted
in both hands ; his cuirass has a central panel of ashlar pattern. Next
on r. is Hera with radiated stephane, long fringed chiton, over which is a
diploi's with apoptygma ; she holds forward ill her 1. a scabbard (?), and in her
r. upraised a sword, of which only the handle is shown, terminating in a knob.
The Giant at whom she aims the blow falls on his 1. knee to the r. and looks up
at Hera ; though his sword is drawn from the scabbard in his 1., the point is
averted from her, and he seems to make no resistance; he alone of the Giants
is beardless, and has a broad fillet round his long hair, a short chiton, and cuirass
with eight-rayed star in panel on chest, central square of scale pattern on body,
and palmette on each shoulder-piece. Behind him Apollo strides forward,
holding bow in 1. drawn back, and striking with sword uplifted in his r. ; he is
beardless, wreathed with laurel, and wears a short starred chiton with mantle
over shoulders and quiver at back. Of his opponent, only the crest of his
helmet, his r. forearm, and part of his legs are preserved ; he is in the act of
falling backwards to r., and with r. arm bent across his face thrusts feebly with
his spear at Apollo. Between this group and the figure of Dionysos there is
space for two figures ; of these are preserved the upper part of a left hand
grasping a bow, and the lower part of a r. foot with drapery, evidently belonging
to a figure of Artemis ; and, beside Dionysos, the 1. foot of a Giant, bent, with
the toes resting on the ground, who must have been striding forward.
[The figure here described as Hera has also been called Artemis (Trendelenburg, Gigant.
des perg. Altars, p. 54; Baumeister, s.v. Pcrgamon, p. 1263) ; the object in her r. hand is
there named a plectrum.]
2. (a) On the neck, above the obverse, The sending of Triptolemos. In
the centre, Triptolemos, with long hair, wreathed, long chiton with sleeves and
himation, is seated to r. in the winged car, holding in his 1. ears of corn and
sceptre upright, and with his r. pouring wine from a phiale. The seat of the
car is supported by two oblique stays, which rest in a V-form on the axletree,
and terminate above in a volute. On the r. Persephone stands en face, looking
to 1. and pouring wine upon the ground from an oinochoe ; in her 1. she holds a
torch over her shoulder; her hair is looped up with a fillet. Behind her,
Demeter stands to 1., holding a torch horizontally at her side in her I., and
extending ears of corn in her r. ; her hair hangs loose from a radiated stephane.
Behind her is a bearded man with hair looped up with a fillet, resting his r. on
a knotted staff. Behind Triptolemos is a woman in a saccos, holding a torch
at her side horizontally in her L, and extending her r. towards Triptolemos.
On the 1. a bearded man, wreathed, leaning forward against a staff. Behind
him, a fluted Ionic column with entablature ; behind it, a diphros half-seen,
cut off by the border. All the figures wear long sleeved chiton and himation
Persephone has a chiton with apoptygma and diplols, all bordered and fringed
and covered with V-shaped marks.
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thrusting at Zeus with his spear ; he is dressed and armed like the last, but his
helmet has, in place of Pegasos, a Centaur galloping with club or tree uplifted
in both hands ; his cuirass has a central panel of ashlar pattern. Next
on r. is Hera with radiated stephane, long fringed chiton, over which is a
diploi's with apoptygma ; she holds forward ill her 1. a scabbard (?), and in her
r. upraised a sword, of which only the handle is shown, terminating in a knob.
The Giant at whom she aims the blow falls on his 1. knee to the r. and looks up
at Hera ; though his sword is drawn from the scabbard in his 1., the point is
averted from her, and he seems to make no resistance; he alone of the Giants
is beardless, and has a broad fillet round his long hair, a short chiton, and cuirass
with eight-rayed star in panel on chest, central square of scale pattern on body,
and palmette on each shoulder-piece. Behind him Apollo strides forward,
holding bow in 1. drawn back, and striking with sword uplifted in his r. ; he is
beardless, wreathed with laurel, and wears a short starred chiton with mantle
over shoulders and quiver at back. Of his opponent, only the crest of his
helmet, his r. forearm, and part of his legs are preserved ; he is in the act of
falling backwards to r., and with r. arm bent across his face thrusts feebly with
his spear at Apollo. Between this group and the figure of Dionysos there is
space for two figures ; of these are preserved the upper part of a left hand
grasping a bow, and the lower part of a r. foot with drapery, evidently belonging
to a figure of Artemis ; and, beside Dionysos, the 1. foot of a Giant, bent, with
the toes resting on the ground, who must have been striding forward.
[The figure here described as Hera has also been called Artemis (Trendelenburg, Gigant.
des perg. Altars, p. 54; Baumeister, s.v. Pcrgamon, p. 1263) ; the object in her r. hand is
there named a plectrum.]
2. (a) On the neck, above the obverse, The sending of Triptolemos. In
the centre, Triptolemos, with long hair, wreathed, long chiton with sleeves and
himation, is seated to r. in the winged car, holding in his 1. ears of corn and
sceptre upright, and with his r. pouring wine from a phiale. The seat of the
car is supported by two oblique stays, which rest in a V-form on the axletree,
and terminate above in a volute. On the r. Persephone stands en face, looking
to 1. and pouring wine upon the ground from an oinochoe ; in her 1. she holds a
torch over her shoulder; her hair is looped up with a fillet. Behind her,
Demeter stands to 1., holding a torch horizontally at her side in her I., and
extending ears of corn in her r. ; her hair hangs loose from a radiated stephane.
Behind her is a bearded man with hair looped up with a fillet, resting his r. on
a knotted staff. Behind Triptolemos is a woman in a saccos, holding a torch
at her side horizontally in her L, and extending her r. towards Triptolemos.
On the 1. a bearded man, wreathed, leaning forward against a staff. Behind
him, a fluted Ionic column with entablature ; behind it, a diphros half-seen,
cut off by the border. All the figures wear long sleeved chiton and himation
Persephone has a chiton with apoptygma and diplols, all bordered and fringed
and covered with V-shaped marks.
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