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INSCRIPTIONS ON CORINTHIAN VASES
is far-fetched and intrinsically improbable, as sirens have none of the characteristics
of aquatic birds. The chain of reasoning which leads to the conclusion that
the siren, FoOy, is ' an early local form of Athena ' (Harrison, Prolegomena, 305)
has, I fear, several weak links. As Weicker says (Seelenvogel, 139), F0C9 may
simply be a lost archaic word. AdnvOos is explained as = Ad/nwdos, a word formed
in the same way as M(kv0o?, TSpyvdos, etc.
5. Aryballos no. 480 fig. 70 (K. 18, no. 8).
ASfBTAEMS {AivrjTd eifii), MBMBAM (M(v4(\)as), 0BPOIV (0^), MVPMSAAM
(Mvp/xiSas), BVAS90M (EvSipos), h VM AN'APS A AM (AvaavSptSas), +APSKASAAM
(XapiKXiSa?), ABIS/OM (J^tXo?), XBMFOy (? HeV^),1 <DPVI ($pvg).
As Kretschmer says, nominative (feminine) and genitive (masculine) are equally
possible in the interpretation of the name Aivrjrd (or Aivira), but the nominative
Fig. 70. No. 480.
is obviously preferable (cf. Blass, S.G.D.I. iii, 67, 31, 21 ; Frankel, I. G. iv, 48), for it
gives a reasonable explanation of the remaining names : above, a portrait of the popular
Aineta ; below, the names of her admirers. Further, the name Ainetas is not known
elsewhere. On X for xi, see p. 159.
6. Aryballos no. 499.
ASFAM (Ai'Fas), BT?0 (Er(pa> for "Eprcop): both incised.
7. Aryballos no. 500.
AEF AM (AeiFas) BAOP (Edcop for"E(pTcop): both incised. For E instead of iota see on
no. 23. Jk« : i^caaajUi,
8. Crater no. 780 (K. 21, no. 22, and pp. 44, 47-8).
Obv. MOIOT (Toios), KhVTCOM (KAiW), MCH2AA2A (AiSaiFcou), BVPVTSOM
Evpvnos), M0T3d>2=l (Ft>ro?), FSOI^A (FioXa), Ma\»A<iae (HpaKXfjs). Under
handle . . 01 ■ . . B I (Aio/xrj8r)s), OA . MBVM (OX[v}cr<;vs), MA=j3A {AtFas).
9. Alabastron no. 793;.0
ASF AM (Ai'Fas) : incised.
10. Aryballos no. 807.
MA3M5A (Alveas).
1 Previous publications give the first letter as I, but this is certainly wrong; and they read B in EMS.
is far-fetched and intrinsically improbable, as sirens have none of the characteristics
of aquatic birds. The chain of reasoning which leads to the conclusion that
the siren, FoOy, is ' an early local form of Athena ' (Harrison, Prolegomena, 305)
has, I fear, several weak links. As Weicker says (Seelenvogel, 139), F0C9 may
simply be a lost archaic word. AdnvOos is explained as = Ad/nwdos, a word formed
in the same way as M(kv0o?, TSpyvdos, etc.
5. Aryballos no. 480 fig. 70 (K. 18, no. 8).
ASfBTAEMS {AivrjTd eifii), MBMBAM (M(v4(\)as), 0BPOIV (0^), MVPMSAAM
(Mvp/xiSas), BVAS90M (EvSipos), h VM AN'APS A AM (AvaavSptSas), +APSKASAAM
(XapiKXiSa?), ABIS/OM (J^tXo?), XBMFOy (? HeV^),1 <DPVI ($pvg).
As Kretschmer says, nominative (feminine) and genitive (masculine) are equally
possible in the interpretation of the name Aivrjrd (or Aivira), but the nominative
Fig. 70. No. 480.
is obviously preferable (cf. Blass, S.G.D.I. iii, 67, 31, 21 ; Frankel, I. G. iv, 48), for it
gives a reasonable explanation of the remaining names : above, a portrait of the popular
Aineta ; below, the names of her admirers. Further, the name Ainetas is not known
elsewhere. On X for xi, see p. 159.
6. Aryballos no. 499.
ASFAM (Ai'Fas), BT?0 (Er(pa> for "Eprcop): both incised.
7. Aryballos no. 500.
AEF AM (AeiFas) BAOP (Edcop for"E(pTcop): both incised. For E instead of iota see on
no. 23. Jk« : i^caaajUi,
8. Crater no. 780 (K. 21, no. 22, and pp. 44, 47-8).
Obv. MOIOT (Toios), KhVTCOM (KAiW), MCH2AA2A (AiSaiFcou), BVPVTSOM
Evpvnos), M0T3d>2=l (Ft>ro?), FSOI^A (FioXa), Ma\»A<iae (HpaKXfjs). Under
handle . . 01 ■ . . B I (Aio/xrj8r)s), OA . MBVM (OX[v}cr<;vs), MA=j3A {AtFas).
9. Alabastron no. 793;.0
ASF AM (Ai'Fas) : incised.
10. Aryballos no. 807.
MA3M5A (Alveas).
1 Previous publications give the first letter as I, but this is certainly wrong; and they read B in EMS.