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214 The Solar Wheel in Greece

Further, there is a remarkable similarity between the equipment of
Triptolemos and that of Dionysos. A small amphora, formerly in
the collection of M. Lenormant, has Triptolemos with corn-ears
and sceptre on its obverse, Dionysos with kdntharos and vine-
branches on its reverse, side. Both are seated in the same attitude
on approximately similar thrones, and are obviously travelling
across the world to dispense their respective bounties of corn and
wine (fig. 157^ and b)\ Another amphora, which passed from the

Fig. 157 a. Fig. 157/;.

collection of Viscount Beugnot into the Musee Vivenel at
Compiegne, represents Triptolemos conducted by Hermes on one
side, Dionysos conducted by Seilenos on the other. Triptolemos
has corn-stalks; Dionysos, a kdntharos and a vine with grape-
branches. Their travelling seats are similar, but not identical; for
that of Dionysos has old-fashioned spokes2 and is fitted with wings

a winged car drawn by snakes {Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases ii. 277 ff. nos. B 603, B 604,
B 607, B 608).

1 Lenormant—de Witte op. cit. iii pi. 49 A, Overbeck op. cit. Atlas pi. 15,,5 a and 5 b.
C. Strube Studien uber den Bilderkreis von Eleusis Leipzig 1870 p. 8 takes the figure
with the kdntharos and vine-branches to be Ikarios, not Dionysos. The hero favoured
by Dionysos would then balance the hero favoured by Demeter.

2 On these see A. C. Had don The Study of Man London and New York 1898
p. 161 ff. ('The Evolution of the Cart') and H. L. Lorimer 'The Country Cart of
Ancient Greece' in the Journ. Hell. Stud. 1903 xxiii. 132 ff.