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CRATERS WITH SQUARE HANDLES. 2>°7
and he wears a mantle knotted around his waist, and a quiver (?) hanging at his
1. side from a cross-belt. On the 1. a man with mantle like the central figure
moves to 1., looking back and upwards, and holding out in his r. a small fluted
oinochoe. On the r. a man, with mantle as the last, dances to 1. with head
thrown back in a drunken attitude, with both arms raised, holding aloft a
small fluted oinochoe. He is supported by a shorter figure, whose r. hand,
passing at the back of the other, is laid on his r. shoulder ; he has a
mantle rolled up around his body and over his 1. arm and shoulder, and from
his 1. arm hangs a large net or bag (the traveller's bag of the stage ?). All the
men, so far as can be seen, have short stubbly beards and rough hair, and arc
wreathed with laurel; the auletris is also wreathed.
(b) Three draped ephebi. Two standing to 1. confront one whose figure is
nearly all broken away; the two wear a fillet with a straight piece over the
forehead.
[In the bottom of the vase a hole seems to have been purposely broken in antiquity.]
E 507—508. BELL-CRATERS WITH SQUARE HANDLES.
E 507. BELL-CRATER with square handles. Ht. iojin. Diam. 12m. Cameiros, 1S64. Tomb
no. F 121. Surface of a discoloured by fire. Good period, but careless drawing. Purple
wreath in b ; brown edge of hair and folds of chiton on 1. in a. Eye of simple profile type.
Below each scene, a strip of egg pattern.
(a) Dionysos and two Maenads (?). Dionysos (bearded, long hair wreathed
with a woollen fillet and ivy, Ionic chiton and mantle) moves to r., holding
in 1. thyrsos, in r., clasped to his body, a cantharos of unusual form (silhouette).
He looks back at a Maenad who holds thyrsos in 1. and oinochoe in r. On r.
stands a woman (another Maenad ?), holding in her r. a long torch (?). Both
these figures wear chiton, himation and earrings ; the one on 1. wears a saccos.
(/;) Seilenos and two Masnads. Seilenos, wreathed, runs to r., holding
out both arms to catch a woman like the one on 1. in (a), who holds in r. a torch,
in 1. a thyrsos, and who looks back at him. On 1. a woman like the one on r.
in (a) moves away, holding a thyrsos, looking back and raising her 1. in surprise.
[Found in the same tomb with the oinochoe B 630, having black figures on a white
ground.]
*■ 508. BELL-CRATER, with square handles. Ht. 13}in. Diam. 14I in. vEgina, 1893. Late
stage of fine style. Purple inscriptions, cord of plectrum, and fillets in b. Brown inner
markings. Below each side, sets of three ma:anders separated by red cross squares. Round
the lip, laurel-wreath.
(a) Revel. Three ephebi, with himatia and woollen fillet, playing and
dancing. The central figure marches to r., playing with plectrum on a large
X 2
and he wears a mantle knotted around his waist, and a quiver (?) hanging at his
1. side from a cross-belt. On the 1. a man with mantle like the central figure
moves to 1., looking back and upwards, and holding out in his r. a small fluted
oinochoe. On the r. a man, with mantle as the last, dances to 1. with head
thrown back in a drunken attitude, with both arms raised, holding aloft a
small fluted oinochoe. He is supported by a shorter figure, whose r. hand,
passing at the back of the other, is laid on his r. shoulder ; he has a
mantle rolled up around his body and over his 1. arm and shoulder, and from
his 1. arm hangs a large net or bag (the traveller's bag of the stage ?). All the
men, so far as can be seen, have short stubbly beards and rough hair, and arc
wreathed with laurel; the auletris is also wreathed.
(b) Three draped ephebi. Two standing to 1. confront one whose figure is
nearly all broken away; the two wear a fillet with a straight piece over the
forehead.
[In the bottom of the vase a hole seems to have been purposely broken in antiquity.]
E 507—508. BELL-CRATERS WITH SQUARE HANDLES.
E 507. BELL-CRATER with square handles. Ht. iojin. Diam. 12m. Cameiros, 1S64. Tomb
no. F 121. Surface of a discoloured by fire. Good period, but careless drawing. Purple
wreath in b ; brown edge of hair and folds of chiton on 1. in a. Eye of simple profile type.
Below each scene, a strip of egg pattern.
(a) Dionysos and two Maenads (?). Dionysos (bearded, long hair wreathed
with a woollen fillet and ivy, Ionic chiton and mantle) moves to r., holding
in 1. thyrsos, in r., clasped to his body, a cantharos of unusual form (silhouette).
He looks back at a Maenad who holds thyrsos in 1. and oinochoe in r. On r.
stands a woman (another Maenad ?), holding in her r. a long torch (?). Both
these figures wear chiton, himation and earrings ; the one on 1. wears a saccos.
(/;) Seilenos and two Masnads. Seilenos, wreathed, runs to r., holding
out both arms to catch a woman like the one on 1. in (a), who holds in r. a torch,
in 1. a thyrsos, and who looks back at him. On 1. a woman like the one on r.
in (a) moves away, holding a thyrsos, looking back and raising her 1. in surprise.
[Found in the same tomb with the oinochoe B 630, having black figures on a white
ground.]
*■ 508. BELL-CRATER, with square handles. Ht. 13}in. Diam. 14I in. vEgina, 1893. Late
stage of fine style. Purple inscriptions, cord of plectrum, and fillets in b. Brown inner
markings. Below each side, sets of three ma:anders separated by red cross squares. Round
the lip, laurel-wreath.
(a) Revel. Three ephebi, with himatia and woollen fillet, playing and
dancing. The central figure marches to r., playing with plectrum on a large
X 2