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FORMATION OF ARTISTIC TYPES. 161
But it is becoming more and more evident, that there were also slowly form-
ing a number of artistic types, which were adapted to the different myths, not
exactly as they were sung by the poets, but as they were current among the
people. Thus certain schemes, originating, it would seem, in daily life, came
to be used for mythic subjects, applied sometimes to one story or character,
and sometimes to another. Thus, a typical kneeling figure is sometimes
Heracles fighting with a dragon, and sometimes Achilles in the Troi'los ad-
venture. These types developed at so early an age have, however, as yet been
little studied; and it is probable, that from the old reliefs on the vases called
"red ware," as well as on those called "bucchero ncro," many secrets concerning
them remain to be revealed.
But it is becoming more and more evident, that there were also slowly form-
ing a number of artistic types, which were adapted to the different myths, not
exactly as they were sung by the poets, but as they were current among the
people. Thus certain schemes, originating, it would seem, in daily life, came
to be used for mythic subjects, applied sometimes to one story or character,
and sometimes to another. Thus, a typical kneeling figure is sometimes
Heracles fighting with a dragon, and sometimes Achilles in the Troi'los ad-
venture. These types developed at so early an age have, however, as yet been
little studied; and it is probable, that from the old reliefs on the vases called
"red ware," as well as on those called "bucchero ncro," many secrets concerning
them remain to be revealed.