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PLATE XXX.
ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS.
Design from a stamnos in the British Museum. Cat. E. 156.
Plate from Monimenti dell' Instituto Archeologico. Vol. I. Plate viii.
Subject: A.—Ulysses passing the Sirens. Ulysses is bound to the mast of his ship, which
is rowed by four of his companions and steered by a fifth. To either side on a
rock is perched a Siren, and a third falls headlong above the ship.
B.—Three winged love-gods hover over the sea, which is indicated by a curved
line. The one holds a ribbon, the other a flower-spray, the third a hare, a
customary love-gift among the Greeks.
Inscriptions: A.—Hi^iep-oira (Sweet-voice) ; OXvaevs (Odysseus). B.—KaXo<>, icaXos, i'/^epo?
(beautiful, beautiful, love-longing).
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.
ULYSSES AND THE SIRENS.
Design from a stamnos in the British Museum. Cat. E. 156.
Plate from Monimenti dell' Instituto Archeologico. Vol. I. Plate viii.
Subject: A.—Ulysses passing the Sirens. Ulysses is bound to the mast of his ship, which
is rowed by four of his companions and steered by a fifth. To either side on a
rock is perched a Siren, and a third falls headlong above the ship.
B.—Three winged love-gods hover over the sea, which is indicated by a curved
line. The one holds a ribbon, the other a flower-spray, the third a hare, a
customary love-gift among the Greeks.
Inscriptions: A.—Hi^iep-oira (Sweet-voice) ; OXvaevs (Odysseus). B.—KaXo<>, icaXos, i'/^epo?
(beautiful, beautiful, love-longing).
See Introductory Historical Note, page 24.