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The Delphic Tripod 205
time being in heaven, released from the limitations of terrestrial life
and free to range in thought over land and sea (fig. 144)1. Themis
Fig. 144.
cimiteri dei cristiani primitivi di Roma Roma 1858 p. 75 f. pi. 36, 5 a fragmentary
vessel of s. iv a.d., on which we see Apollon in a loose transparent chiton standing
beside his tripod, inscribed [vi]vas mvltis annis pie zeses ^, the whole being
executed in gold foil between two layers of glass). Asklepiades of Myrlea thought
that tripods dedicated to the gods were made round in imitation of the universe (Athen.
489c).
1 A magnificent red-figured hydria, painted c. 480 b.c. and now preserved in the
Vatican, shows Apollon, with lyre, bow and quiver, uplifted on a great winged tripod
above the sea, in which are four fish and an octopus: the plunging dolphins mark him as
Apollon DelpMnios (Mus. Etr. Gregor. ii pi. 15 (id.2 pi. 21), T. Panofka in the Ann. d.
time being in heaven, released from the limitations of terrestrial life
and free to range in thought over land and sea (fig. 144)1. Themis
Fig. 144.
cimiteri dei cristiani primitivi di Roma Roma 1858 p. 75 f. pi. 36, 5 a fragmentary
vessel of s. iv a.d., on which we see Apollon in a loose transparent chiton standing
beside his tripod, inscribed [vi]vas mvltis annis pie zeses ^, the whole being
executed in gold foil between two layers of glass). Asklepiades of Myrlea thought
that tripods dedicated to the gods were made round in imitation of the universe (Athen.
489c).
1 A magnificent red-figured hydria, painted c. 480 b.c. and now preserved in the
Vatican, shows Apollon, with lyre, bow and quiver, uplifted on a great winged tripod
above the sea, in which are four fish and an octopus: the plunging dolphins mark him as
Apollon DelpMnios (Mus. Etr. Gregor. ii pi. 15 (id.2 pi. 21), T. Panofka in the Ann. d.