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262 Dionysos displaced by Apollon
and Dionysos—the early Delphic triad—in thoroughly characteristic
surroundings.
Another fourth-century vase, likewise found at Jiiz Oba and
preserved at Petrograd1, is a red-figured krater, which has for
obverse design a judgment of Paris2 comparable with that depicted
on the hydria at Karlsruhe" and for reverse the arrival of Apollon
at Delphoi (pi. xvii)4. The scene is marked by the omphalos with
its fillets and bay-wreath, the palm-tree5, and the tripod6. Dionysos
—a kingly figure bearded, wreathed with ivy, clad in fine under-
chitdn, richly decorated upper-chito/t, and himdtion, and holding his
thyrsos like a sceptre—is evidently lord of the locality'7. Round
him is his retinue, three naked Satyrs and three Maenads, who with
flutes, lyre, and timbrel make music as their master extends the
right hand of fellowship8 to the youthful Apollon, a simpler per-
sonage in a dotted himdtion with bay-wreath and bay-branch. One
of the Maenads prepares a seat for him beside the omphalos—a
sufficiently significant action. The guest has come to stay. And it
ma)' be added that Zeus and Themis, the original occupants of the
place, are already relegated to the other side of the vase.
A later moment is represented on a red-figured he\\-krata- of
design some commonplace subject (draped youths, etc.) unconnected with the obverse.
That is true. But there are notable exceptions {e.g. Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1859 p. 32 ff.
Atlas pi. i f. = Reinach Rep. Vases i. r, 1 f., 2, 2 or Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases
oV Athenes p. 590 f. no. 1854), and this may well be one. Robert op. cit. p. 190 is not
averse from connecting the two sides of our vase.
1 Stephani Vasensantml. St. Petersburgii. 339 ff. no. 1807. Height o-49m.
2 Infra % 9 (h)
3 Supra i. 125 f. pi. xi.
4 L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1861 p. 33 fF. Atlas pis. 3 and 4 ( = my
pi. xvii) = Reinach Rep. Vases i. 7, 5 f., 8, 1, L. Weniger in the Arch. Zeit. 1866 xxiv.
185 ff. pi. 211, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Apollon pp. 331 no. 73, 333 Atlas pi. 21, 25
(central group only), Farnell Cults of Gk. States iv. 316 pi. 17, Harrison Proleg. Gk. Rel.~
p. 390 f. fig. 122, ead. Themis p. 443 f. fig. 137.
5 Recalling the bronze palm at Delphoi (Plout. v. ATic. 13, de Pyth. or. 8, Paus. 10.
15. 4 f.). On the relation of palms to Apollon see L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu
St. Pit. 1861 p. 68 f.
6 Omphalos, palm, and tripod are all found on the amphora from Ruvo {supra
p. 170 n. 2).
7 Miss Harrison is a trifle less dogmatic in her Proleg. Gk. Rel.2 p. 390 f. : 'It is
perhaps not quite certain which is regarded as the first comer, but the balance is in favour
of Dionysos as the sanctuary is already peopled with his worshippers.'
8 L. Weniger in the Arch. Zeit. 1866 xxiv. 190 f. and Farnell Cults oj Gk. States
iv. 316 suggest that Dionysos is greeting Apollon on his return from the Hyperboreans—
a possible interpretation. L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pet. 1861 p. 114 after
many pages reaches the wrong conclusion, viz. that Apollon and Dionysos grasp each
other's hand merely to show their essential similarity—'Eine...rein theoretische, nicht
dramatische Anwendung des Handschlags'—or, if the gesture has any reference to the
particular occasion, their unanimity in regard to the judgment of Paris.
and Dionysos—the early Delphic triad—in thoroughly characteristic
surroundings.
Another fourth-century vase, likewise found at Jiiz Oba and
preserved at Petrograd1, is a red-figured krater, which has for
obverse design a judgment of Paris2 comparable with that depicted
on the hydria at Karlsruhe" and for reverse the arrival of Apollon
at Delphoi (pi. xvii)4. The scene is marked by the omphalos with
its fillets and bay-wreath, the palm-tree5, and the tripod6. Dionysos
—a kingly figure bearded, wreathed with ivy, clad in fine under-
chitdn, richly decorated upper-chito/t, and himdtion, and holding his
thyrsos like a sceptre—is evidently lord of the locality'7. Round
him is his retinue, three naked Satyrs and three Maenads, who with
flutes, lyre, and timbrel make music as their master extends the
right hand of fellowship8 to the youthful Apollon, a simpler per-
sonage in a dotted himdtion with bay-wreath and bay-branch. One
of the Maenads prepares a seat for him beside the omphalos—a
sufficiently significant action. The guest has come to stay. And it
ma)' be added that Zeus and Themis, the original occupants of the
place, are already relegated to the other side of the vase.
A later moment is represented on a red-figured he\\-krata- of
design some commonplace subject (draped youths, etc.) unconnected with the obverse.
That is true. But there are notable exceptions {e.g. Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1859 p. 32 ff.
Atlas pi. i f. = Reinach Rep. Vases i. r, 1 f., 2, 2 or Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases
oV Athenes p. 590 f. no. 1854), and this may well be one. Robert op. cit. p. 190 is not
averse from connecting the two sides of our vase.
1 Stephani Vasensantml. St. Petersburgii. 339 ff. no. 1807. Height o-49m.
2 Infra % 9 (h)
3 Supra i. 125 f. pi. xi.
4 L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pit. 1861 p. 33 fF. Atlas pis. 3 and 4 ( = my
pi. xvii) = Reinach Rep. Vases i. 7, 5 f., 8, 1, L. Weniger in the Arch. Zeit. 1866 xxiv.
185 ff. pi. 211, Overbeck Gr. Kunstmyth. Apollon pp. 331 no. 73, 333 Atlas pi. 21, 25
(central group only), Farnell Cults of Gk. States iv. 316 pi. 17, Harrison Proleg. Gk. Rel.~
p. 390 f. fig. 122, ead. Themis p. 443 f. fig. 137.
5 Recalling the bronze palm at Delphoi (Plout. v. ATic. 13, de Pyth. or. 8, Paus. 10.
15. 4 f.). On the relation of palms to Apollon see L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu
St. Pit. 1861 p. 68 f.
6 Omphalos, palm, and tripod are all found on the amphora from Ruvo {supra
p. 170 n. 2).
7 Miss Harrison is a trifle less dogmatic in her Proleg. Gk. Rel.2 p. 390 f. : 'It is
perhaps not quite certain which is regarded as the first comer, but the balance is in favour
of Dionysos as the sanctuary is already peopled with his worshippers.'
8 L. Weniger in the Arch. Zeit. 1866 xxiv. 190 f. and Farnell Cults oj Gk. States
iv. 316 suggest that Dionysos is greeting Apollon on his return from the Hyperboreans—
a possible interpretation. L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pet. 1861 p. 114 after
many pages reaches the wrong conclusion, viz. that Apollon and Dionysos grasp each
other's hand merely to show their essential similarity—'Eine...rein theoretische, nicht
dramatische Anwendung des Handschlags'—or, if the gesture has any reference to the
particular occasion, their unanimity in regard to the judgment of Paris.