Hamilton, William; Kirk, Thomas: Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton: with engraved borders (London, 1814)

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PLATE LVIII.

This Plate probably represents Autolicus, a
conqueror in the Pancratian games; the same
person, in honour of whom Leochares made a
statue, which Pausanias says he saw in the
Prytaneum at Athens. The crown, which a
figure of victory is placing upon his head, is com-
posed of branches of wild olive. And this seems
to prove, that he had been a conqueror in the
Athenian games.—The envy of his adversary is
well marked by his action of pulling out a feather
from the wing of the victory. The conquerors
were also accustomed to ornament their arms
with fillets, as observed in this composition, and
sometimes they were fastened to the horses,
which had been successful in the race.

PLATE LIX.

The subject of this Plate is taken from the
fourth act of the tragedy of Euripides, called
Iphigenia in Tauris. The characters, introduced,
are Iphigenia, a female attendant, called by the
Romans Flabellifera, Orestes with a diadem upon
his head, and Pylades. The point of time, which
is chosen, seems to be that, in which Iphigenia is
informed of the death of Agamemnon, and she