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The Delphic Tripod 197
paintings (fig. 139)1, in which there is no question of structural
exigency, as portraying such tripods, but also to sundry bases2 and
votive replicas3 as furnishing ad-
ditional proof of their existence. An
architect's specification, found in or
near Athens and dated by M. Hol-
leaux before 350 B.C., actually gives
a detailed description of one :
{infra p. 199 n. 2), a relief found in the theatre
at Athens, which shows a tripod with a central
support in the form of a Doric pillar (L. von
Sybel Katalog der Sculptural zu A then Mar-
burg 1881 p. 281 no. 3912), and a relief drawn
by F. Adler on the Akropolis, which has a tri-
pod with a central stem broad at the base and
rapidly tapering upwards (not in L. von Sybel
op. cit.).
1 F. Wieseler Ueber den delphischen Dreifuss
(extr. from the Abh. d. g'ott. Gesellsch. d. Wiss.
Phil.-hist. Classe xv) Gottingen 1871 p. 90 n.
adduces: (i) A red-figured amphora from Sorrento
in the British Museum, signed by the vase-painter
Polygnotos; this has for its main subject two
women attaching fillets to the horns of two bulls,
which stand before two large columnar tripods
{Brit. Ahts. Cat. Vases iii. 209 f. no. e 284, y
Gerhard Auserl. Vasenb. iv. 10 pi. 243, W. Klein
Die griechischen Vascn mit Afeistersignaiuren2
Wien 1887 p. 199, Reinach Rep. Vases ii. 123, y]tT_ j^g
1, Hoppin Red-Jig. Vases ii. 376 f. fig-)- (ii) A
red-figured oinochoe in the Pourtales collection, which depicts Nike flying through the
air with a fillet towards a columnar tripod (T. Panofka Antiques du cabinet du coin ti-
de Pourtalls-Gorgier Paris 1834 p. 30 f. pi. 6, 1 —my fig. 139)- Both vases are referable to
the fine style of vase-painting (c. 460—440 b.c.), and in both the tripod-support takes the
form of a Doric column.
2 E. Fabricius in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1886 i. 187 ff. notes the
following examples: (i) Adjoining the S. angle of the pre-Periclean Propylaia there is
still in situ the stepped base of a columnar tripod, which cannot be later than the first
half of j. v b.c. (R. Bohn Die Propylaen der Akropolis zu Atheu Berlin & Stuttgart
1882 p. 17 pi. 3, W. Doerpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. 1885 x pi. 2, W. Judeich Topographie
von Athen Mtinchen 1905 p. 198 fig. 22 = M. L. D'Ooge The Acropolis of Athens New
York 1908 p. 31 fig. 7). (ii) An inscribed block, found W. of the theatre and now lying in
the Asklepieion on the S. slope of the Akropolis, formerly supported a choragic tripod of
the columnar kind and is assigned to a date not long after 292 b.c. {Corp. inscr. Att. ii. 3
no. 1295, Michel Recueil d'Inscr. gr. no. 926, Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.- no. 710:
Fabricius loc. cit. gives section and plan).
3 E. Fabricius loc. cit. p. 186: ' Unter jenen kleinen Nachbildungen wirklicher
Dreifusse aus Olympia [see A. Furtwangler in Oly?npia iv. 72 ff. nos. 534—547 pi. 27, cp.
ib. p. 212 b no. 1370 fig.] befinden sich, wie K. Purgold mir mitgetheilt hat, einige
Exemplare [but see A. Furtwangler in Olympia iv. 73 no/538 pi. 27], bei denen unter-
halb des Kessels in der Mitte zwischen den Beinen ein senkrechter Stab aus ineinander-
gedrehten Bronzedriihten angebracht ist.'
paintings (fig. 139)1, in which there is no question of structural
exigency, as portraying such tripods, but also to sundry bases2 and
votive replicas3 as furnishing ad-
ditional proof of their existence. An
architect's specification, found in or
near Athens and dated by M. Hol-
leaux before 350 B.C., actually gives
a detailed description of one :
{infra p. 199 n. 2), a relief found in the theatre
at Athens, which shows a tripod with a central
support in the form of a Doric pillar (L. von
Sybel Katalog der Sculptural zu A then Mar-
burg 1881 p. 281 no. 3912), and a relief drawn
by F. Adler on the Akropolis, which has a tri-
pod with a central stem broad at the base and
rapidly tapering upwards (not in L. von Sybel
op. cit.).
1 F. Wieseler Ueber den delphischen Dreifuss
(extr. from the Abh. d. g'ott. Gesellsch. d. Wiss.
Phil.-hist. Classe xv) Gottingen 1871 p. 90 n.
adduces: (i) A red-figured amphora from Sorrento
in the British Museum, signed by the vase-painter
Polygnotos; this has for its main subject two
women attaching fillets to the horns of two bulls,
which stand before two large columnar tripods
{Brit. Ahts. Cat. Vases iii. 209 f. no. e 284, y
Gerhard Auserl. Vasenb. iv. 10 pi. 243, W. Klein
Die griechischen Vascn mit Afeistersignaiuren2
Wien 1887 p. 199, Reinach Rep. Vases ii. 123, y]tT_ j^g
1, Hoppin Red-Jig. Vases ii. 376 f. fig-)- (ii) A
red-figured oinochoe in the Pourtales collection, which depicts Nike flying through the
air with a fillet towards a columnar tripod (T. Panofka Antiques du cabinet du coin ti-
de Pourtalls-Gorgier Paris 1834 p. 30 f. pi. 6, 1 —my fig. 139)- Both vases are referable to
the fine style of vase-painting (c. 460—440 b.c.), and in both the tripod-support takes the
form of a Doric column.
2 E. Fabricius in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch. arch. Inst. 1886 i. 187 ff. notes the
following examples: (i) Adjoining the S. angle of the pre-Periclean Propylaia there is
still in situ the stepped base of a columnar tripod, which cannot be later than the first
half of j. v b.c. (R. Bohn Die Propylaen der Akropolis zu Atheu Berlin & Stuttgart
1882 p. 17 pi. 3, W. Doerpfeld in the Ath. Mitth. 1885 x pi. 2, W. Judeich Topographie
von Athen Mtinchen 1905 p. 198 fig. 22 = M. L. D'Ooge The Acropolis of Athens New
York 1908 p. 31 fig. 7). (ii) An inscribed block, found W. of the theatre and now lying in
the Asklepieion on the S. slope of the Akropolis, formerly supported a choragic tripod of
the columnar kind and is assigned to a date not long after 292 b.c. {Corp. inscr. Att. ii. 3
no. 1295, Michel Recueil d'Inscr. gr. no. 926, Dittenberger Syll. inscr. Gr.- no. 710:
Fabricius loc. cit. gives section and plan).
3 E. Fabricius loc. cit. p. 186: ' Unter jenen kleinen Nachbildungen wirklicher
Dreifusse aus Olympia [see A. Furtwangler in Oly?npia iv. 72 ff. nos. 534—547 pi. 27, cp.
ib. p. 212 b no. 1370 fig.] befinden sich, wie K. Purgold mir mitgetheilt hat, einige
Exemplare [but see A. Furtwangler in Olympia iv. 73 no/538 pi. 27], bei denen unter-
halb des Kessels in der Mitte zwischen den Beinen ein senkrechter Stab aus ineinander-
gedrehten Bronzedriihten angebracht ist.'