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DUPLICATE VASES.
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which the same subject is represented with such perfect similitude,
that they were evidently copied from the same original, which was
probably some well-known painting or sculpture.
But the most singular instance of duplicate vases, is one which I
saw taken from an hypogaia sepulchre in the Acropolis of Athens.
This represents a duel between two warriors, completely armed,
guarded with the round Argolic shield, and fighting with the long
spear. By the side of each combatant a herald is represented,
holding a spear, and clothed in a long loose garment. The top of
the vase is ornamented with a dog chasing a hare. A duplicate1 of this
was found at Nola, in the kingdom of Naples; a third was discovered
at Agrigentum; and a fourth, in which there is a minute variation,
is published in the first volume of Sir William Hamilton's collec-
tion ; a fifth was purchased by me at Rome; and a sixth2 was found
near Athens. I have also seen four others in different collections.
These vases are all of the same size and form. As many other in-
stances occur, in which the same subjects have been delineated
upon different vases, there can be no doubt that they were copied
from some standard original. In the second volume of Sir Wil-
liam Hamilton's vases, the two last plates represent duplicates, one
of which was found at Saint Agata de' Goti, in the kingdom of
Naples, and the other at the island of Melos, in the iEgaean.3
Amongst other things contained in the Piraean tombs, which were
opened in my presence, were spoons and strigiles of bronze; the latter
were employed to scrape off the perspiration from those who had been
using the sudatory baths. These strigiles were sometimes of gold,
of silver, of ivory, or of iron. Xenophon4 informs us, that golden
str-igiles were given as aSxx, or prizes, to victors in public games.
1 Published by Mr. Millingen. Vases Grecs de la Collection de Sir J. Coguill. Rome,
1817, folio. - By Colonel Leake.
3 For the names and description of the. various vases used by the Greeks, consult the Deip-
nosophista of Athenaeus, and the Onomasticon of Julius Pollux.
4 B. 1. Exped. of Cyrus.
461
which the same subject is represented with such perfect similitude,
that they were evidently copied from the same original, which was
probably some well-known painting or sculpture.
But the most singular instance of duplicate vases, is one which I
saw taken from an hypogaia sepulchre in the Acropolis of Athens.
This represents a duel between two warriors, completely armed,
guarded with the round Argolic shield, and fighting with the long
spear. By the side of each combatant a herald is represented,
holding a spear, and clothed in a long loose garment. The top of
the vase is ornamented with a dog chasing a hare. A duplicate1 of this
was found at Nola, in the kingdom of Naples; a third was discovered
at Agrigentum; and a fourth, in which there is a minute variation,
is published in the first volume of Sir William Hamilton's collec-
tion ; a fifth was purchased by me at Rome; and a sixth2 was found
near Athens. I have also seen four others in different collections.
These vases are all of the same size and form. As many other in-
stances occur, in which the same subjects have been delineated
upon different vases, there can be no doubt that they were copied
from some standard original. In the second volume of Sir Wil-
liam Hamilton's vases, the two last plates represent duplicates, one
of which was found at Saint Agata de' Goti, in the kingdom of
Naples, and the other at the island of Melos, in the iEgaean.3
Amongst other things contained in the Piraean tombs, which were
opened in my presence, were spoons and strigiles of bronze; the latter
were employed to scrape off the perspiration from those who had been
using the sudatory baths. These strigiles were sometimes of gold,
of silver, of ivory, or of iron. Xenophon4 informs us, that golden
str-igiles were given as aSxx, or prizes, to victors in public games.
1 Published by Mr. Millingen. Vases Grecs de la Collection de Sir J. Coguill. Rome,
1817, folio. - By Colonel Leake.
3 For the names and description of the. various vases used by the Greeks, consult the Deip-
nosophista of Athenaeus, and the Onomasticon of Julius Pollux.
4 B. 1. Exped. of Cyrus.