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pi. 4, Helbig op. cit. p. 337 no. I427b), 11 and 12 (W. Zahn op. cit. ii pi. 43); to
which add Antichita di Ercolano Napoli 1779 vii (Pitture v) 25 f. pi. 5, 1.
More often, however, Eros is promoted from being a mere prompter to
playing some subordinate part in the action represented. If Aphrodite arrives
from the sea, a tiny but helpful Eros hands her ashore (Sogliano Pitt. mur.
Camp. p. 33 no. 132, P. Gusman Pompei Paris 1899 p. 72 col. pi. 1, 1, Reinach
Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 60 no. 3). If Ares makes love to her, a hovering Eros
spins the magic iynx (H. Hinck in the Ann. d. hist. 1866 xxxviii. 82, 93 ff.
pi. EF, 2, Helbig op. cit. p. 84 no. 325, Herrmann Denkm. d. Malerei pi. 2
Text p. 7, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 66 no. 3) or removes the god's helmet
(G. Bechi in the Real Mitseo Borbonico Napoli 1824 i pi. 18 with text pp. 1—3,
Helbig op. cit. p. 81 f. no. 316, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 65 no. 2). And,
briefly, wherever Aphrodite's power is manifested, Eros at-the-shoulder has his
work to do. If Zeus woos Danae, Eros pours the golden rain from amphora or
cornu copiae(?) (supra p. 465 f. with figs. 300 and 301. To the references there
given add Miiller—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 27 f. pi. 3, 48 6, Welcker
Ant. Denkm. v. 281, W. Helbig in the Ann. d. Inst. 1867 xxxix. 349, Reinach
Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 11 no. 1; H. Heydemann in the Bull. d. Inst. 1868
p. 47 ('urna'), but cp. Sogliano Pitt. mur. Camp. p. 21 no. 75 ('corno': the
'urna' of previous publications must be due to the unintelligent repetition of
a mere misprint), Reinach R/p. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 10 no. 7). If he seeks
Ganymedes, Eros leads the divine bird by the neck towards the dreamy youth
(C. Bonucci in the Bull. d. Inst. 1829 p. 147, G. Bechi in the Real Museo
Borbonico Napoli 1831 vii Relazione degli scavi di Pompei p. 5, G. Finati id.
1834 x pi. 56 with text pp. 1—4, Helbig op. cit. p. 45 no. 154, Overbeck op. cit.
p. 538 no. 28 Atlas pi. 8, 14, Reinach R/p. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 14 no. 8). If he
carries off Europe, Eros flits behind them bearing a thunderbolt (P. Gauckler
'Le domaine des Laberii a Uthina' in the Mon. Piot 1896 iii. 190 f. fig. 2, id.
—A. Merlin Inventaire des mosaiques de la Gaule ct de I'Afrigue: Tunisie Paris
1910—1915 no. 350, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 13 no. 5) or a tainia (J. V
Millingen Pcintures antiques et in/dites de vases grecs Rome 1813 p. 44 f. pi.
25 = Reinach Vases Ant. p. 105 f. pi. 25, Lenormant—de Witte £l. mon. ce'r.
i. 60 ff. pi. 27, Overbeck op. cit. p. 438 f. no. 19 Atlas pi. 6, 11, J. A. Hild in
Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. ii. 863 fig. 2847, Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases iv. 95 no.
F 184) or an aldbastron (?) (Helbig op. cit. p. 37 no. 124, Overbeck op. cit. p. 452
no. 34 Atlas pi. 7, 6, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 13 no. 3), or before them
leading the bull by a flowery chain and waving the bridal torch (in a magnificent
mosaic from Aquileia supra p. 627 n. o (3) with pi. xlviii: cp. the painting, in
Astarte's temple at Sidon, described by Ach. Tat. 1. 1 "Epcos elXxf top fiovv
"E/jojs, punpbv iraiSiov, ^7rXo>icfi to nTcpov, fjpTrjro <Tr)v (ins. R. Hercher)>
(paperpav, eVporei to nvp), or beside them driving the bull with reins and a whip
(C. Lugebil in the Bull. d. Inst. 1861 p. 234, Helbig op. cit. p. 37 f. no. 128,
Overbeck op. cit. p. 451 no. 32 Atlas pi. 7, 5, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 14
no. 4: cp. Eros standing as a diminutive figure on the left shoulder of the love-
sick Polyphemos and driving' him with reins in pursuit of Galateia (G. Perrot
in the Rev. Arch. 1870—1871 N.S. xxii. 47—53 pi. 18 (reduced § in my
fig. 828) = id. M/moires cT arch/ologie d'/pigraphie ct d'histoire Paris 1875
pp. 100—in pi. 6, A. Mau in the Ann. d. Inst. 1880 lii. 136 ff., Mon. d. Inst, xi
col. pi. 23, P. Weizsacker in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1588 with fig., Reinach Rep.
Print. Gr. Rom. p. 172 no. 7, supra p. 1020 (9))).
Attendant Erotes multiply apace. We find two (e.g. with Aphrodite and Ares
C. Hi. 65
pi. 4, Helbig op. cit. p. 337 no. I427b), 11 and 12 (W. Zahn op. cit. ii pi. 43); to
which add Antichita di Ercolano Napoli 1779 vii (Pitture v) 25 f. pi. 5, 1.
More often, however, Eros is promoted from being a mere prompter to
playing some subordinate part in the action represented. If Aphrodite arrives
from the sea, a tiny but helpful Eros hands her ashore (Sogliano Pitt. mur.
Camp. p. 33 no. 132, P. Gusman Pompei Paris 1899 p. 72 col. pi. 1, 1, Reinach
Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 60 no. 3). If Ares makes love to her, a hovering Eros
spins the magic iynx (H. Hinck in the Ann. d. hist. 1866 xxxviii. 82, 93 ff.
pi. EF, 2, Helbig op. cit. p. 84 no. 325, Herrmann Denkm. d. Malerei pi. 2
Text p. 7, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 66 no. 3) or removes the god's helmet
(G. Bechi in the Real Mitseo Borbonico Napoli 1824 i pi. 18 with text pp. 1—3,
Helbig op. cit. p. 81 f. no. 316, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 65 no. 2). And,
briefly, wherever Aphrodite's power is manifested, Eros at-the-shoulder has his
work to do. If Zeus woos Danae, Eros pours the golden rain from amphora or
cornu copiae(?) (supra p. 465 f. with figs. 300 and 301. To the references there
given add Miiller—Wieseler Denkm. d. alt. Kunst ii. 27 f. pi. 3, 48 6, Welcker
Ant. Denkm. v. 281, W. Helbig in the Ann. d. Inst. 1867 xxxix. 349, Reinach
Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 11 no. 1; H. Heydemann in the Bull. d. Inst. 1868
p. 47 ('urna'), but cp. Sogliano Pitt. mur. Camp. p. 21 no. 75 ('corno': the
'urna' of previous publications must be due to the unintelligent repetition of
a mere misprint), Reinach R/p. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 10 no. 7). If he seeks
Ganymedes, Eros leads the divine bird by the neck towards the dreamy youth
(C. Bonucci in the Bull. d. Inst. 1829 p. 147, G. Bechi in the Real Museo
Borbonico Napoli 1831 vii Relazione degli scavi di Pompei p. 5, G. Finati id.
1834 x pi. 56 with text pp. 1—4, Helbig op. cit. p. 45 no. 154, Overbeck op. cit.
p. 538 no. 28 Atlas pi. 8, 14, Reinach R/p. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 14 no. 8). If he
carries off Europe, Eros flits behind them bearing a thunderbolt (P. Gauckler
'Le domaine des Laberii a Uthina' in the Mon. Piot 1896 iii. 190 f. fig. 2, id.
—A. Merlin Inventaire des mosaiques de la Gaule ct de I'Afrigue: Tunisie Paris
1910—1915 no. 350, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 13 no. 5) or a tainia (J. V
Millingen Pcintures antiques et in/dites de vases grecs Rome 1813 p. 44 f. pi.
25 = Reinach Vases Ant. p. 105 f. pi. 25, Lenormant—de Witte £l. mon. ce'r.
i. 60 ff. pi. 27, Overbeck op. cit. p. 438 f. no. 19 Atlas pi. 6, 11, J. A. Hild in
Daremberg—Saglio Diet. Ant. ii. 863 fig. 2847, Brit. Mus. Cat. Vases iv. 95 no.
F 184) or an aldbastron (?) (Helbig op. cit. p. 37 no. 124, Overbeck op. cit. p. 452
no. 34 Atlas pi. 7, 6, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 13 no. 3), or before them
leading the bull by a flowery chain and waving the bridal torch (in a magnificent
mosaic from Aquileia supra p. 627 n. o (3) with pi. xlviii: cp. the painting, in
Astarte's temple at Sidon, described by Ach. Tat. 1. 1 "Epcos elXxf top fiovv
"E/jojs, punpbv iraiSiov, ^7rXo>icfi to nTcpov, fjpTrjro <Tr)v (ins. R. Hercher)>
(paperpav, eVporei to nvp), or beside them driving the bull with reins and a whip
(C. Lugebil in the Bull. d. Inst. 1861 p. 234, Helbig op. cit. p. 37 f. no. 128,
Overbeck op. cit. p. 451 no. 32 Atlas pi. 7, 5, Reinach Rep. Print. Gr. Rom. p. 14
no. 4: cp. Eros standing as a diminutive figure on the left shoulder of the love-
sick Polyphemos and driving' him with reins in pursuit of Galateia (G. Perrot
in the Rev. Arch. 1870—1871 N.S. xxii. 47—53 pi. 18 (reduced § in my
fig. 828) = id. M/moires cT arch/ologie d'/pigraphie ct d'histoire Paris 1875
pp. 100—in pi. 6, A. Mau in the Ann. d. Inst. 1880 lii. 136 ff., Mon. d. Inst, xi
col. pi. 23, P. Weizsacker in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1588 with fig., Reinach Rep.
Print. Gr. Rom. p. 172 no. 7, supra p. 1020 (9))).
Attendant Erotes multiply apace. We find two (e.g. with Aphrodite and Ares
C. Hi. 65