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Appendix H

tion has been proposed. I. Casaubon cj. ucotov nponivov Kpepawvvai, ' lanam
suspendito coloris crocei.' Villebrun cj. kciI en tov copov tov de^iov re ko.1 ek tov
peTconov n KpoKLvov ap6r)vcu (meaning dprr]drjvaL !), o rt av evprjs. C. F. W. Jacobs
cj. Kcii e'k tov apo\> tov Se^tou tov deov kcu en tov peTunrov KpoKLvov Kakvppa eadrjvai.
G. Kaibel cj. < Kadeo-dac ra anpa > tov KpoKiov, 'to let down the ends of the
thread.' Tresp Frag. gr. Kultschr. p. 47 keeps tov peTconov tov npoKLov,
taking KpoaLov in the sense of KpoKivov, 'from its forehead smeared with saffron.'
But Voi KpoKLovf is a vox nihili ; and there is, to my thinking, much difficulty
in daOelvai o rt av evprjs. I suspect that we ought to read kcu en tov oopov tov
De^iov Ka\ e'k tov peTcoTVOV nponivav ri enrelvai, o tl av evpijs, and to translate
the whole extract as follows : ' The right way to set up the signs of Zeus Ktesios
is this. Take a new jar with two ears and a lid to it (eiridrjpaToiivra is adj.) and
wreath its ears with white wool, and stretch a piece of yellow—anything you
can find—from its right shoulder and its forehead, and pour ambrosia into it.
Ambrosia is a mixture of pure water, olive oil, and all manner of fruits : empty
these ingredients in.'

(2) The Jars of Zeus Ktesios funereal in character.

The use of the terms wra, cbpos, peTtonov reminded Miss Harrison {Themis
p. 299) 'of the anthropoid vases of the Troad.' But, though such language may
have originated in connexion with Gesichtsurnen {vide Forrer Reallex. pp. 275,
419 and especially J. Schlemm Wbrterbuch zur Vorgeschichte Berlin 1908pp. 173—
176 figs, a—i), we cannot safely infer that the kadiskos of Zeus Ktesios was of
human or partially human shape. The description of it given above recalls
rather certain vase-forms developed out of the primitive pithos (H. B. Walters
History of Ancient Pottery London 1905 i. 159) such as the large lidded amphora
of the 'Dipylon' style, or its lineal descendants (A. Milchhofer in the Ath. Mitth.
1880 v. 177 f., A. Bruckner—E. Pernice ib. 1893 xviii. 143 ff., P. Wolters in the
Jahrb. d. kais. deittsch. arch. Inst. 1899 xiv. 128 ff., F. Poulsen Die Dipylongraber
und die Dipylonvasen Leipzig 1905 pp. 18 ff., 45 ff.) the prbthesis-vase of the
sixth century and the loutrophoros of the fifth. Now all these vases were con-
nected with death and the grave. The 'Dipylon' amphora, of which I figure a
typical specimen (Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases dAthenesp. 40 f. no. 196 Planches
p. 5 pi. 11, A. Furtwangler in the Arch. Zeit. 1885 xliii. 131, 139 figs., Perrot—
Chipiez Hist, de PArtvu. 174 fig. 58, 226 fig. 98, S. Wide in the Jahrb. d. kais.
dentsch. arch. Inst. 1899 xiv. 196 f. fig. 61. My fig. 911 is from a photograph.
Height with lid o'9om), stood half-sunk beneath the surface of the ground (cp.
A. Bruckner—E. Pernice in the Ath. Mitth. 1893 xviii. 92 fig. 4 = Perrot—
Chipiez Hist, de IArt vii. 56 fig. 4) and—since its bottom is holed—served to
convey liquid offerings to the dead beneath it (F. Poulsen op. cit. p. 19 'die
Vase dfente als Hohlaltar, durch welchen man die fliissigen Opfer Milch und
Honig, 01 und Wein, vielleicht auch das Blut der Opfertiere hinabstromen
lassen konnte'). The lid with its handle in the shape of a vase turned upside
down is suggestive of drink-offerings. The procession of chariots above and
warriors below would delight the heart of the dead. And snakes moulded in
relief round the rim, round the base of the neck, and up either handle sufficiently
indicate the funereal character of the whole. The prbthesis-vase was likewise set
up over the grave, as we see from a very remarkable example found at Cape
Kolias and now at Athens (Collignon—Couve Cat. Vases d'Athenes p. 212 ff.
no. 688 Planches p. 14 f. pi. 30; A. Conze in the Ann. d. Inst. i864xxxvi. 183 ff.
with fig., Mon. d. Inst, viii pi. 4, ia—ie, pi. 5, if—i/l=Reinach Rep. Vases