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Walters, Henry Beauchamp; British Museum <London> [Hrsg.]
Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 4): Vases of the latest period — London, 1896

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78 CATALOGUE OF VASES.

the ground to 1., with hair in a top-knot tied with a string, wreath, bracelets,
chiton, apoplygma, and girdle as last; in r. hand a thyrsos, in 1. she holds out a
pomegranate. Before her is a swan to r,, with wings addorsed and neck ex-
tended. On the 1. is a youthful Satyr dancing to v., with wreath, fawn-skin
over 1. arm, and shoes, r. hand raised, in 1. a tympauon (as above). Above,
partly hidden behind rocks, is the upper part of a Satyr to r., with wreath
and bracelets, hair on breast indicated, r. hand on a rock, in 1. a phia/e with
fruit. Behind the youthful Satyr is a bearded Satyr to r., with head thrown
back, wreath, bracelet on r. arm, and shoes, hair on breast indicated, in r.
hand a t/iyrsos, in 1. a tympauon (as before). The ground is indicated by flowers
scattered about the scene. Under each handle is an owl turned towards the
design, with face to front ; between them and the design, vertical crenelle
patterns.

LUCANIAN STYLE (F 157-187; seep. 18).

F 157. CRATER. Old No. 1435. Ht. 19J in. Diam. 19 in. From Pisticci. Steuart Coll.

Bull. Arch. Nap. 1843, i. pi. 7; Overbcck, Her. Bildw. pl.'xvii. 4, p. 415; Baumeister,
p. 459; Ann. dell'lust. 1S75, P- 3IQ J Klein, Euphronios1, p. 144; J. H. S. xi. p. 228.
Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Large style, bordering on the
grotesque ; faces to front, elaborate costumes, and dramatic action. Shape as Vol. III. Fig. 9.
Above the designs, laurel-wreath and egg-moulding ; below each, egg-moulding and palmette-
patterns.

(a) Dolon surprised by Odysseus and Diomedes: In the centre is Dolon
moving to 1., crouching in an attitude of surprise, and looking round ; he has a
moustache and whiskers, skin helmet, short girt chiton over which is a spotted
skin tied in front, and quiver with wave-pattern slung at 1. side. His eudromides
are of skin with tops turned over, laced in front and fastened by a broad
strap under the instep, leaving the tees and heel bare (apparently a local
characteristic, cf. F 107 and F 179). In 1. hand he holds up his bow, in r. he
holds a spear which he endeavours to aim at Diomedes ; the spear-head has a
serrated edge. On cither side of him is a tree-trunk ; on the 1. appears Odysseus,
on the r. Diomedes. Odysseus is bearded, and wearspilos, eudromides of skin
laced up in front, and chlamys with stripes and crenelle borders, and spots
on the breast denoting fur (?), fastened with a fibula in front; he holds a short
drawn sword in r. hand, and his 1. hand is enveloped in a mantle and raised
towards Dolon's r. shoulder. Diomedes seizes Dolon with r. hand; he is
bearded, and wears high-crested helmet (geisou and cheek-pieces, crest
supported on figure of crouching wolf), eudromides as Odysseus, chlamys
with stripes and crenelle borders, fastened with a fibula in front and floating
behind ; in 1. hand two spears. The scene is closed in by a tree-trunk on
either side.
 
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