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PLATE XXIX.
ODYSSEUS ESCAPING FROM THE CAVE OF POLYPHEMUS.
Design from a Cylix formerly in the collection of Augusto Castellani, Rome.
Plate from original drawings.
Subject: Exterior.—A.—Odysseus, bound to a ram which he clasps round the neck, escapes
from the cave. He draws his sword. To the right is seen Polyphemus lying in
his cave; the upper part of the figure is gone. The ram of Odysseus is spotted, to
show its superior fleece. Two comrades follow bound beneath two plain rams.
Behind, a spreading conventionalized tree.
Exterior.—B.—Quadriga, into which mounts a bearded charioteer, probably
Dionysos. To either side an attendant Satyr.
Inscriptions: A.—«a\o? (beautiful). B.—6 ttm<; /caXo? (the boy is beautiful).
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.
ODYSSEUS ESCAPING FROM THE CAVE OF POLYPHEMUS.
Design from a Lekythos formerly in the Trabbia collection at Palermo.
Plate from Monimenti dell' Instituto Archeologico. Vol. I. Plate vii. 4.
Subject: Odysseus (or one of his companions) clings with his arms beneath the body of
the ram. The cave from which he escapes is indicated by a concave-shaped rock.
A conventional tree, with fruit, occupies the background. Odysseus wears a
scabbard, and is bound by withies to the ram.
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.
ODYSSEUS ESCAPING FROM THE CAVE OF POLYPHEMUS.
Design from a Cylix formerly in the collection of Augusto Castellani, Rome.
Plate from original drawings.
Subject: Exterior.—A.—Odysseus, bound to a ram which he clasps round the neck, escapes
from the cave. He draws his sword. To the right is seen Polyphemus lying in
his cave; the upper part of the figure is gone. The ram of Odysseus is spotted, to
show its superior fleece. Two comrades follow bound beneath two plain rams.
Behind, a spreading conventionalized tree.
Exterior.—B.—Quadriga, into which mounts a bearded charioteer, probably
Dionysos. To either side an attendant Satyr.
Inscriptions: A.—«a\o? (beautiful). B.—6 ttm<; /caXo? (the boy is beautiful).
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.
ODYSSEUS ESCAPING FROM THE CAVE OF POLYPHEMUS.
Design from a Lekythos formerly in the Trabbia collection at Palermo.
Plate from Monimenti dell' Instituto Archeologico. Vol. I. Plate vii. 4.
Subject: Odysseus (or one of his companions) clings with his arms beneath the body of
the ram. The cave from which he escapes is indicated by a concave-shaped rock.
A conventional tree, with fruit, occupies the background. Odysseus wears a
scabbard, and is bound by withies to the ram.
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.