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headed by Hephaistos and Athena, the former bearing sword1 and
shield, the latter helmet and spear2. Since the whole composition
is ingeniously built up of pre-existing types3, we must suppose that
Hephaistos and Athena as armourers were already sufficiently
familiar. In this capacity we can trace them further afield. Crude
Provincial reliefs from Heddernheim (figs. 128, 129)4 show a group
Fig. 129.
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1 On the famous ^iXaipa made by Hephaistos for Peleus (Hes. frag. 110 Flach, 79
Rzach ap. schol. Pind. Nem. 4. 9S; schol. Pind. Nem. 4. 88; schol. Aristoph. nub. 1063;
Zenob. 5. 20, Makar. 5. 86; Souid. s.v. fUya <ppovti y.SX\ov rj n>\™« twi rjj ftaxaW see
L- Blocli in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 1831 f. Other 'H^ato-rAreu/cTo are listed by Gruppe
Gr-Myth. Rel. p. 1309 f. and C. Picard in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. v. 998.
2 Cheiron presented Peleus with a spear made of ash-wood from Mt Pehon (/'■ 1 •
'43 i.~ib. 10. 39o f., Cypria frag. 2 Kinkel ap. schol. a.d. //. 16. 140, Apollod. 3. 13- 5-
The schol. a.d. //. 16. 140 adds 0a<rl Sk'k6wi»i*» a*r4,"H*a«rrw Si Karaffxevdffai).
3 W. Helbig op. cit. ii. 437.
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headed by Hephaistos and Athena, the former bearing sword1 and
shield, the latter helmet and spear2. Since the whole composition
is ingeniously built up of pre-existing types3, we must suppose that
Hephaistos and Athena as armourers were already sufficiently
familiar. In this capacity we can trace them further afield. Crude
Provincial reliefs from Heddernheim (figs. 128, 129)4 show a group
Fig. 129.
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1 On the famous ^iXaipa made by Hephaistos for Peleus (Hes. frag. 110 Flach, 79
Rzach ap. schol. Pind. Nem. 4. 9S; schol. Pind. Nem. 4. 88; schol. Aristoph. nub. 1063;
Zenob. 5. 20, Makar. 5. 86; Souid. s.v. fUya <ppovti y.SX\ov rj n>\™« twi rjj ftaxaW see
L- Blocli in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 1831 f. Other 'H^ato-rAreu/cTo are listed by Gruppe
Gr-Myth. Rel. p. 1309 f. and C. Picard in Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. v. 998.
2 Cheiron presented Peleus with a spear made of ash-wood from Mt Pehon (/'■ 1 •
'43 i.~ib. 10. 39o f., Cypria frag. 2 Kinkel ap. schol. a.d. //. 16. 140, Apollod. 3. 13- 5-
The schol. a.d. //. 16. 140 adds 0a<rl Sk'k6wi»i*» a*r4,"H*a«rrw Si Karaffxevdffai).
3 W. Helbig op. cit. ii. 437.
4 E. Maass Die Tagesgbtler in Rom undden Provinzen aus der Kulturdes Niederganges
C in. !4