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Appendix H

S. A. Kumanudis (Ann. d. Inst. 1864 xxxvi. 197 n. 2) transcribed the latter part
of it as follows :

Fig. 913.

A. Conze's illustration is based on a copy by A. Postolakkas. The line was
convincingly read by C. Keil: av8pos dnofidipevoio pdnns nanov iv8d8e Kelpai—a
curiously cynical hexameter. The use of pdnos to denote a corpse is defended
by Anth. Pal. 7. 380. 6 f. (Krinagoras) Kelrai 8e rr/Se Ta>Xi,yr]TTfXes pdnos | ~Evvu<i8ao,
ar]7rerai 8' vno <nro8a>, cp. ib. 5- 20. 3 (Rufinus) acopa patccb8es and Stephanus
Thes. Gr. Ling. vi. 2334 D f. On the tomb is placed a vase resembling in shape
that which is here described ; and mourners to right and left make lamentation.
(B') A procession of four mourners, two of whom bear offerings (?), approaches
the grave. Among the patterns surrounding the neck of the vase will be seen a
wavy line clearly derived from the old sepulchral snake. The paintings of this
important vase have, unfortunately, suffered much since its discovery: nothing
now remains of the inscriptions, the winged souls, or the snake, and little is left
of the tomb. Finally, the loutrophoros was carved or painted over the tomb of
the unmarried (infra § 9 (d) ii (/3)). ' So war die Grabvase, deren Entwickelung
von Hohlaltar zu Monument wir verfolgt haben, aus einem Monument zum
Symbol geworden' (F. Poulsen op. cit. p. 47).

The 'Dipylon' amphora, the prothesis-va.se, the loutrophoros, each in turn
served as the arjpa or a^pelov of the dead beneath it. In view of these facts how
are we to interpret the jars called by Autokleides the a-^pela of Zeus Ktesiost
They too may well have been funereal in character. Hence their prophylactic
wreathing with white wool and yellow stuff (?). Hence too the necessity for
filling them with a mixture of water, oil, and seeds, known as ambrosia (cp.
Pausanias the Atticist ap. Eustath. in II. p. 976, 4f. Kara Yiavo-aviav, bs Xeyei
Kal otl dpjBpncrla yivos n avvdeaecos e£ v8citos anpai^vovs Kai pieXiros tcai eXaiov
< na\ (inserui) > irayKapirias) : such offerings had come to be conceived as
food given by the living to the dead (see e.g. P. Stengel Opferbrauche der
Griechen Leipzig and Berlin 1910 pp. 129 ff., 183 ff.), but were originally a magical
means of enabling the dead to make food for the living (see Miss J. E. Harrison
Themis p. 291 ff.). Similar in character was the offering made to the chthonian
Zeus in Eur. frag. 912 Nauck2 (from the Cretes, according to L. C. Valckenaer)
ap. Clem. Al. strom. 5. 11 p. 373, 3 ff. Stahlin crot tqov ttcivtcov pefteovri x°Vv f
Tri\av(')v re (pepai (so H. Grotius for (pepa>v cod. L.), Zei/s eir 'Ai8rjs \ dvop.a£6pevos
arepyeis- crv 8e p.01 | dvcrlav anvpov (so Abresch for airopov L.) nayKapTreias
(so Grotius for Traynapirias L.) | §e'£ai Tr\r]p-q tvpo^vdelcrav (so Valckenaer for
7rpo^vTLav L.). [ crv yap ev re deois rols ovpavL8ais \ crurjTTTpov to Aios p.eTci)(eipi£eis
(so H. van Herwerden for peTaxeipi£cov L.) | x#ozu'coi' r (so F. Sylburg for 8' L.)
'Ai'Sj; (ai8r]i L.) /xere^et? ap^j/y. ] Trep-^ov 8' is (so A. Nauck for pev L.) (pa>s ^v^ds
ivipoiv (so Nauck for dvepa>v L.) j rols ftovXopevois (Grotius cj. Tripyjrov pev (pcos
■^v^ais dvipcov rats j3ov\opevais) ddXovs irpopaOeiv (so Grotius for Trpocrp.a8eiv L.) j