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METAL VASES 217
If the imported pieces are Peloponnesian it is, of course, likely enough that
they came from Corinth, for though we know next to nothing of the Corin-
thian colonies in the north-west, except Corcyra, it is a safe conjecture that
their material culture was, in part at least, Corinthian. We know that Corin-
thian products were acquired by the natives far north of the limit of coloniza-
tion,1 and, as Filow has pointed out, it is highly probable on general grounds
that the Trebenischte bronzes found their way from the Corinthian colony of
Apollonia eastwards inland to Trebenischte.2 The presence of several pro-
Fig. 98 bis. Type of Fig. 99. a, from Filow fig. 36; b, detail of a bronze mirror,
bronze pin from Aegion.
vincial, but scarcely barbarian pieces among the finds (e.g. Filow figs. 49-51,
69) would thus be easily explained. But the theory that the imported vases
from Trebenischte are Corinthian can claim more definite evidence than this.
In order to see what it amounts to, let us review the principal pieces.
central motive into the heart of a palmette (cf. fig.
53 b). As to the style of the youth who forms the
handle, I must confess I find it hard to see in this an
argument for an Ionian origin. There is something
Ionian-looking about the face, but not, to my mind,
very much about the body. And even if we were
to grant the terra-cotta and the pattern Ionian, one
may doubt whether this evidence really throws
light on the find. Ionian patterns appear at Corinth
in the sixth century for the first time (cf. fig. 64)
and the adoption of an Ionian motive, even if it
could be proved, would scarcely be surprising.
Whether the terra-cotta throws light on the origin
of the bronze vases is, I think, a debatable point;
if the Trebenischte bronzes were re-exported from
a Corinthian colony, it would not be surprising
if Ionian products accompanied Corinthian. As
an illustration of the extent to which Ionian styles
3575 1
might invade a Dorian colony, one need only recall
the numerous terra-cottas of Ionian style from
Taranto.
1 See p. 186 (vases from Salona and Issa); cf.
the numerous Corinthian vases found in barbarian
graves across the Adriatic, the vases from Bavaria,
&c. p. 189.
2 It must be admitted that in itself this route is
at least as probable as the route from Macedonia
westwards. The route from Macedonia is longer as
the crow flies: and, though it is said to be easier, it is
less direct. And if the imports came along the road
which was later the Via Egnatia from the East, they
might well have come from the Corinthian colony of
Potidaea. The inhabitants of the Ochrida region
must have been in direct touch with the Adriatic
coast, by means of the valleys which run westward
from the lake.
If the imported pieces are Peloponnesian it is, of course, likely enough that
they came from Corinth, for though we know next to nothing of the Corin-
thian colonies in the north-west, except Corcyra, it is a safe conjecture that
their material culture was, in part at least, Corinthian. We know that Corin-
thian products were acquired by the natives far north of the limit of coloniza-
tion,1 and, as Filow has pointed out, it is highly probable on general grounds
that the Trebenischte bronzes found their way from the Corinthian colony of
Apollonia eastwards inland to Trebenischte.2 The presence of several pro-
Fig. 98 bis. Type of Fig. 99. a, from Filow fig. 36; b, detail of a bronze mirror,
bronze pin from Aegion.
vincial, but scarcely barbarian pieces among the finds (e.g. Filow figs. 49-51,
69) would thus be easily explained. But the theory that the imported vases
from Trebenischte are Corinthian can claim more definite evidence than this.
In order to see what it amounts to, let us review the principal pieces.
central motive into the heart of a palmette (cf. fig.
53 b). As to the style of the youth who forms the
handle, I must confess I find it hard to see in this an
argument for an Ionian origin. There is something
Ionian-looking about the face, but not, to my mind,
very much about the body. And even if we were
to grant the terra-cotta and the pattern Ionian, one
may doubt whether this evidence really throws
light on the find. Ionian patterns appear at Corinth
in the sixth century for the first time (cf. fig. 64)
and the adoption of an Ionian motive, even if it
could be proved, would scarcely be surprising.
Whether the terra-cotta throws light on the origin
of the bronze vases is, I think, a debatable point;
if the Trebenischte bronzes were re-exported from
a Corinthian colony, it would not be surprising
if Ionian products accompanied Corinthian. As
an illustration of the extent to which Ionian styles
3575 1
might invade a Dorian colony, one need only recall
the numerous terra-cottas of Ionian style from
Taranto.
1 See p. 186 (vases from Salona and Issa); cf.
the numerous Corinthian vases found in barbarian
graves across the Adriatic, the vases from Bavaria,
&c. p. 189.
2 It must be admitted that in itself this route is
at least as probable as the route from Macedonia
westwards. The route from Macedonia is longer as
the crow flies: and, though it is said to be easier, it is
less direct. And if the imports came along the road
which was later the Via Egnatia from the East, they
might well have come from the Corinthian colony of
Potidaea. The inhabitants of the Ochrida region
must have been in direct touch with the Adriatic
coast, by means of the valleys which run westward
from the lake.