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PLATE LXXX.
Fig. i.—Girls at Play.
Red-figured Vase-painting from Nola. Attic, Late
Fifth Century b.c.
Panofka, Cabinet Pourtales, Pl. 33.
The object between the girls is a long low footstool, which
was usually placed at the side of a bed or couch.
The two girls are probably playing “Morra'1' (described
Pl. 79, figs. 7, 10). As part of the game they keep their left
hands rolled up in their cloaks, so that they may play fairly
with only one hand. The stooping girl on the left is the
victor, for a little love-god flies towards her with a wreath.
Fig. 2.—Juggler.
Grave-relief in the Villa Albani.
Zoega, Bassirilievi, Pl. 25.
The juggler, in Greek everyday costume, stands on the left of
a three-legged table. A thyrsus bound with a riband leans
against the table and an attendant on the right holds a Satyric
mask; these “properties” suggesting that he acts in the
character of one of the train of Dionysus. Beneath the table
is a goat, on it a tame parrot (?) and a large ring, while on the
left a rabbit and a disk are shown. These are doubtless his
stock in trade.
Fig. 3.—Fox in a Snare.
Red-figured Vase-painting. Attic (?) of the Fourth
Century b.c.
The fox struggling to escape and the bait below are clearly
shown. Above the hunter, who is a Satyr, runs to kill his
prey, with a knobstick (ρόπαλου).
This, according to Xenophon {Cynegeticus, who also mentions
the use of snares, ποδοστράβαι), was the custom in Greece.
For the use of the club in hunting see Stephani, Compte rendu
1867, p. 68, 87.
Fig. 4 a, A—Man and Woman playing Draughts, with
a Plan of the Board.
Terra-cotta from Athens in the Piot Collection
(lately bought by the Paris Academy). Third or
Second Century b.c.
Archdologische Zeitung, 1863, Pl. 173.
Baumeister, Denkindler, figs. 374, 375.
A young man and woman sit opposite to one another in
easy chairs, with the board resting on their knees. Some
dispute has arisen, for they have ceased playing and the woman
holds out her hands in expostulation. An old woman, pro-
bably the duenna, joins in the dispute and expostulates with
the man. The board is divided into forty-two squares, but the
men (ψήφοί) are placed so irregularly that it is impossible to
form any idea of how the game was played.
For an account of the game see Smith’s Diet, of Ant. s. v.
“ Latrunculi,” and Falkener, Games, Ancient and Oriental.
Fig. 5.—Hunting Scenes.
Relief on the shoulder of a Silver Vase from
Dorogoi, in the Crimea. In the Hermitage, St. Peters-
burg. 1 ft. 5I in. high.
Antiquites du Bosphore Cimm'erien, Pl. 42 (ed. Reinach,
p. 92 ; references).
Divided into two scenes by the handle and a tree in the
design.
On the right, a young man is receiving the charge of a boar
with the point of his lowered spear. He has three hounds
and a beater or servant who carries a cudgel (ρόπαλου). On
the left, a youth is calling on his hound to follow a stag and
doe, who run towards a long line of nets (δίκτυα) behind
which another hunter, (the άρκυωρός) wearing a hood and cape,
lies in wrait.
All the hunters are dressed in short tunics (χιτώνες) cloaks
(χλαμύδες), high boots (ενδρομίδες). The watcher’s hood is not
Greek, and is characteristic of the semi-barbarous character of
the inhabitants of the Crimea.
For hunting with nets, see Smith’s Diet. Ant. s.v. “ Rete.”
Fig. 6.—Lead Counter.
Found near Autun.
Castan, Revue Archeologique, 1870, p. 261.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 539.
This tessera is inscribed : Qui ludit arram det quod satis sit,
“ Let him who plays give a sufficient stake (?).” Between the
lines are four knuckle-bones {tali} symbols of a game of chance.
The meaning of arra (or arrha} is doubtful.
Fig. 7.—Shooting at a Mark.
Vase-painting in the Museum at Naples.
Heydemann, Vasensammlungen, no. 922.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 480.
Three naked youths are practising with bow and arrow at a
mark in the shape of a cock set up on an Ionic column. All
three wear quivers at their left sides. The one to the right
appears to be engaged in stringing his bow, or in bending it
so as to increase its suppleness.
Fig. 8.—Hunting Park and Weapons.
Relief in the Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican, Rome.
Roman, Imperial period.
Gerhard, Antike Bildwerke, Pl. 80, fig. 2.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 2048.
The relief at the top shows a park {roborarium, &c.) inclosed
by wooden paling (vacerrd) lined with wicker hurdles (<mz/^).
Inside among the trees, dogs are chasing a boar and a stag and
a bull is fighting with a bear. The palisade is decorated with
niches in which stand statues and with a row of Herms.
Parks of this kind are of Eastern origin. The Persian kings
and satraps kept a paradise (παράδεισος, cf. Xenophon, Anab. 1,
4, 10; Cyr. 1, 3, 14) near their country houses. They were
introduced to Rome under the Republic, and known as
vivaria, leporaria or roboraria, and were at first chiefly intended
to preserve animals kept for food. Afterwards the parks were
made larger and stocked with wild beasts. To these the more
appropriate name θηριοτροφεΐον was given. For further details
see Smith’s Diet. Ant. i., pp. 80, 81, ii., p. 338.
The shield and spear shown in the lower part are intended
for hunting. The spear is heavy, has a broad blade and is
well suited for receiving a charging boar {of. fig. 5).
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Fig. i.—Girls at Play.
Red-figured Vase-painting from Nola. Attic, Late
Fifth Century b.c.
Panofka, Cabinet Pourtales, Pl. 33.
The object between the girls is a long low footstool, which
was usually placed at the side of a bed or couch.
The two girls are probably playing “Morra'1' (described
Pl. 79, figs. 7, 10). As part of the game they keep their left
hands rolled up in their cloaks, so that they may play fairly
with only one hand. The stooping girl on the left is the
victor, for a little love-god flies towards her with a wreath.
Fig. 2.—Juggler.
Grave-relief in the Villa Albani.
Zoega, Bassirilievi, Pl. 25.
The juggler, in Greek everyday costume, stands on the left of
a three-legged table. A thyrsus bound with a riband leans
against the table and an attendant on the right holds a Satyric
mask; these “properties” suggesting that he acts in the
character of one of the train of Dionysus. Beneath the table
is a goat, on it a tame parrot (?) and a large ring, while on the
left a rabbit and a disk are shown. These are doubtless his
stock in trade.
Fig. 3.—Fox in a Snare.
Red-figured Vase-painting. Attic (?) of the Fourth
Century b.c.
The fox struggling to escape and the bait below are clearly
shown. Above the hunter, who is a Satyr, runs to kill his
prey, with a knobstick (ρόπαλου).
This, according to Xenophon {Cynegeticus, who also mentions
the use of snares, ποδοστράβαι), was the custom in Greece.
For the use of the club in hunting see Stephani, Compte rendu
1867, p. 68, 87.
Fig. 4 a, A—Man and Woman playing Draughts, with
a Plan of the Board.
Terra-cotta from Athens in the Piot Collection
(lately bought by the Paris Academy). Third or
Second Century b.c.
Archdologische Zeitung, 1863, Pl. 173.
Baumeister, Denkindler, figs. 374, 375.
A young man and woman sit opposite to one another in
easy chairs, with the board resting on their knees. Some
dispute has arisen, for they have ceased playing and the woman
holds out her hands in expostulation. An old woman, pro-
bably the duenna, joins in the dispute and expostulates with
the man. The board is divided into forty-two squares, but the
men (ψήφοί) are placed so irregularly that it is impossible to
form any idea of how the game was played.
For an account of the game see Smith’s Diet, of Ant. s. v.
“ Latrunculi,” and Falkener, Games, Ancient and Oriental.
Fig. 5.—Hunting Scenes.
Relief on the shoulder of a Silver Vase from
Dorogoi, in the Crimea. In the Hermitage, St. Peters-
burg. 1 ft. 5I in. high.
Antiquites du Bosphore Cimm'erien, Pl. 42 (ed. Reinach,
p. 92 ; references).
Divided into two scenes by the handle and a tree in the
design.
On the right, a young man is receiving the charge of a boar
with the point of his lowered spear. He has three hounds
and a beater or servant who carries a cudgel (ρόπαλου). On
the left, a youth is calling on his hound to follow a stag and
doe, who run towards a long line of nets (δίκτυα) behind
which another hunter, (the άρκυωρός) wearing a hood and cape,
lies in wrait.
All the hunters are dressed in short tunics (χιτώνες) cloaks
(χλαμύδες), high boots (ενδρομίδες). The watcher’s hood is not
Greek, and is characteristic of the semi-barbarous character of
the inhabitants of the Crimea.
For hunting with nets, see Smith’s Diet. Ant. s.v. “ Rete.”
Fig. 6.—Lead Counter.
Found near Autun.
Castan, Revue Archeologique, 1870, p. 261.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 539.
This tessera is inscribed : Qui ludit arram det quod satis sit,
“ Let him who plays give a sufficient stake (?).” Between the
lines are four knuckle-bones {tali} symbols of a game of chance.
The meaning of arra (or arrha} is doubtful.
Fig. 7.—Shooting at a Mark.
Vase-painting in the Museum at Naples.
Heydemann, Vasensammlungen, no. 922.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 480.
Three naked youths are practising with bow and arrow at a
mark in the shape of a cock set up on an Ionic column. All
three wear quivers at their left sides. The one to the right
appears to be engaged in stringing his bow, or in bending it
so as to increase its suppleness.
Fig. 8.—Hunting Park and Weapons.
Relief in the Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican, Rome.
Roman, Imperial period.
Gerhard, Antike Bildwerke, Pl. 80, fig. 2.
Daremberg et Saglio, Diet., fig. 2048.
The relief at the top shows a park {roborarium, &c.) inclosed
by wooden paling (vacerrd) lined with wicker hurdles (<mz/^).
Inside among the trees, dogs are chasing a boar and a stag and
a bull is fighting with a bear. The palisade is decorated with
niches in which stand statues and with a row of Herms.
Parks of this kind are of Eastern origin. The Persian kings
and satraps kept a paradise (παράδεισος, cf. Xenophon, Anab. 1,
4, 10; Cyr. 1, 3, 14) near their country houses. They were
introduced to Rome under the Republic, and known as
vivaria, leporaria or roboraria, and were at first chiefly intended
to preserve animals kept for food. Afterwards the parks were
made larger and stocked with wild beasts. To these the more
appropriate name θηριοτροφεΐον was given. For further details
see Smith’s Diet. Ant. i., pp. 80, 81, ii., p. 338.
The shield and spear shown in the lower part are intended
for hunting. The spear is heavy, has a broad blade and is
well suited for receiving a charging boar {of. fig. 5).
154