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Apollon and Artemis
461
P. Hartwig op. cit. p. 189 n. 1). Apollon, with radiate fillet, bordered himdtion, and
bay-branch, sits between the wings of a swan, which is about to alight on the flowering
earth. On rising ground to the right a Satyr leans on his left hand and knee and looks
round at Apollon, raising his right hand to his face (aTroGKOTretiuv : supra i. 709). Higher
up on the right stands a Maenad, holding a thyrsos in one hand and beckoning to the god
with the other. Satyr and Maenad on the right were balanced by Maenad (?) and Satyr (?)
on the left; of whom the Maenad (?), seated on a himdtion with a square box behind her,
looks upward at Apollon, while the Satyr (?)—now largely lost—stands with a thyrsos in
his left hand. The whole scene is comparable with that on a vase formerly in the
Hamilton collection (Tischbein Hamilton Vases ii. 34 ff. pi. 12 (fair), Lenormant—
de Witte El. mon. ct!r. ii. 130 ff. pi. 42, Mtiller—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 97
pi. 13, 140, Overbeck op. cit. Apollon p. 350 no. 1 Atlas pi. 22, 6 (Apollon only)). The
Fig- 359-
palm-tree would suit either Delos (so C. O. Midler loc. cit., Welcker Alt. Denkm. i. 154
n. 21, Boetticher Baumkultus p. 419 n. 24 a) or Delphoi (so F. Wieseler loc. cit.,
L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pe't. 1861 p. 68 f., alio., Overbeck op. cit. Apollon
p. 352 f.). But the appearance of Apollon as the centre of a Dionysiac circle seems to me
decisive in favour of Delphoi. I cannot agree with my friend Mr H. B. Walters, who
regards the Satyrs and Maenads as mere 'personifications of nature' {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Vases iii. 183. Fig. 359 is from a photograph very kindly supplied to me by Mr Walters).
I figure also two imperial coppers of Kalchedon in Bithynia, which show Apollon, lyre in
hand, seated on his swan {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Pontus, etc. p. 128 no. 34 Iulia Paula,
no. 35 Tranquillina pi. 28, 5, no. 36 Tranquillina, Overbeck op. cit. Apollon pp. 304,
312 Miinztaf. 5, u Lucius Verus ( = my fig. 360) and 12 Tranquillina, Waddington—
461
P. Hartwig op. cit. p. 189 n. 1). Apollon, with radiate fillet, bordered himdtion, and
bay-branch, sits between the wings of a swan, which is about to alight on the flowering
earth. On rising ground to the right a Satyr leans on his left hand and knee and looks
round at Apollon, raising his right hand to his face (aTroGKOTretiuv : supra i. 709). Higher
up on the right stands a Maenad, holding a thyrsos in one hand and beckoning to the god
with the other. Satyr and Maenad on the right were balanced by Maenad (?) and Satyr (?)
on the left; of whom the Maenad (?), seated on a himdtion with a square box behind her,
looks upward at Apollon, while the Satyr (?)—now largely lost—stands with a thyrsos in
his left hand. The whole scene is comparable with that on a vase formerly in the
Hamilton collection (Tischbein Hamilton Vases ii. 34 ff. pi. 12 (fair), Lenormant—
de Witte El. mon. ct!r. ii. 130 ff. pi. 42, Mtiller—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 97
pi. 13, 140, Overbeck op. cit. Apollon p. 350 no. 1 Atlas pi. 22, 6 (Apollon only)). The
Fig- 359-
palm-tree would suit either Delos (so C. O. Midler loc. cit., Welcker Alt. Denkm. i. 154
n. 21, Boetticher Baumkultus p. 419 n. 24 a) or Delphoi (so F. Wieseler loc. cit.,
L. Stephani in the Compte-rendu St. Pe't. 1861 p. 68 f., alio., Overbeck op. cit. Apollon
p. 352 f.). But the appearance of Apollon as the centre of a Dionysiac circle seems to me
decisive in favour of Delphoi. I cannot agree with my friend Mr H. B. Walters, who
regards the Satyrs and Maenads as mere 'personifications of nature' {Brit. Mus. Cat.
Vases iii. 183. Fig. 359 is from a photograph very kindly supplied to me by Mr Walters).
I figure also two imperial coppers of Kalchedon in Bithynia, which show Apollon, lyre in
hand, seated on his swan {Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Pontus, etc. p. 128 no. 34 Iulia Paula,
no. 35 Tranquillina pi. 28, 5, no. 36 Tranquillina, Overbeck op. cit. Apollon pp. 304,
312 Miinztaf. 5, u Lucius Verus ( = my fig. 360) and 12 Tranquillina, Waddington—