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AETHUE EVANS
which he subsequently presents, with the beast, as 0pe-!rr?]pia to his foster-
paient Polybos. There is no mention of the use of a bow in the later tradition,
and the only certain presentation of the scene in ancient art bears no resemblance
to the Kadmeian version before us. In the subject as it appears on a Eoman
sarcophagus in the Lateran Museum,106 a youth with a drawn sword tears
a bearded, long-robed personage from his chariot, whose driver vainly tries
to urge the horses forward. In the case of this episode there was clearly
no continuity of artistic tradition, though we may yet have good warrant for
recognising in the scene on the intaglio a Minoan version of that which lived
on in Greek saga side by side with the story of Oedipus and the Sphinx.
No. 13, PI. III. 3. Fig.
Weight 10-54 gm.
on guilty lovers.
Princely hero wreaks vengeance
Though this engraved bead is of the same exceptional elongated form
as the two preceding, and evidently belongs to the same parure, the subject
seems better to fit in with the crowning tragedy of the House of Atreus than
with the Kadmeian story.
Fig. 38.—Princely Hero wreaks Vengeance on Guilty Lovers.
From Impression. (£)
On the left side of the field (in the intaglio) an elegantly attired male
personage falls back on to the ground with his left hand extended, palm
outwards, as if still in the act of warding off a blow, and his right lowered
towards the hilt of his dagger, which, however, he has not had time to draw.
He has every appearance of having been mortally stricken and overthrown
by the young warrior in front of him, who has now turned his attention to
the female personage who is fleeing from him on the right. Both men wear
similar attire, triple helmet with flying crests, in one case with a cheek-piece
visible, close-fitting corslets, belt and the usual short trousers with tassels and
triple flounces. The belt over the left shoulder is very visible in the case of
106 Monumenti inediti dell' Inst., 6, 7,
PI. LXVIII. b. Benndori u. Schoene, Die
antiken Bildwerke des Lateran Mus., 387,
p. 254; Robert, Antike Sarcophagrelie/.v,
ii. PI. LX.
AETHUE EVANS
which he subsequently presents, with the beast, as 0pe-!rr?]pia to his foster-
paient Polybos. There is no mention of the use of a bow in the later tradition,
and the only certain presentation of the scene in ancient art bears no resemblance
to the Kadmeian version before us. In the subject as it appears on a Eoman
sarcophagus in the Lateran Museum,106 a youth with a drawn sword tears
a bearded, long-robed personage from his chariot, whose driver vainly tries
to urge the horses forward. In the case of this episode there was clearly
no continuity of artistic tradition, though we may yet have good warrant for
recognising in the scene on the intaglio a Minoan version of that which lived
on in Greek saga side by side with the story of Oedipus and the Sphinx.
No. 13, PI. III. 3. Fig.
Weight 10-54 gm.
on guilty lovers.
Princely hero wreaks vengeance
Though this engraved bead is of the same exceptional elongated form
as the two preceding, and evidently belongs to the same parure, the subject
seems better to fit in with the crowning tragedy of the House of Atreus than
with the Kadmeian story.
Fig. 38.—Princely Hero wreaks Vengeance on Guilty Lovers.
From Impression. (£)
On the left side of the field (in the intaglio) an elegantly attired male
personage falls back on to the ground with his left hand extended, palm
outwards, as if still in the act of warding off a blow, and his right lowered
towards the hilt of his dagger, which, however, he has not had time to draw.
He has every appearance of having been mortally stricken and overthrown
by the young warrior in front of him, who has now turned his attention to
the female personage who is fleeing from him on the right. Both men wear
similar attire, triple helmet with flying crests, in one case with a cheek-piece
visible, close-fitting corslets, belt and the usual short trousers with tassels and
triple flounces. The belt over the left shoulder is very visible in the case of
106 Monumenti inediti dell' Inst., 6, 7,
PI. LXVIII. b. Benndori u. Schoene, Die
antiken Bildwerke des Lateran Mus., 387,
p. 254; Robert, Antike Sarcophagrelie/.v,
ii. PI. LX.