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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater. (a) Ajax seizing Cassandra at the Palladion. The image of the goddess stands in the centre on a double plinth; the feet, which are only suggested in the drawing, are close together; the pose is that of an archaic xoanon (wooden cult figurine), but the drapery, right arm and head, are quite free in treatment; the image stands en face, dressed in a long chiton with apoptygma, of which the skirt is decorated with a central band and two vertical rows of circles, and a short calathos spreading outwards; the spear is held across the body, as though she were striking downwards to right, and the shield has for device a horse (? seen in perspective) galloping to left; the hair is arranged over the forehead in a row of large formal curls. At the base of this on the right a woman (in the act of fleeing to left) has fallen and extends both arms to left, one on each side of the statue; on the left another woman flees, looking back and extending both arms; these two figures (perhaps Medesicaste and Polyxena) are dressed in Doric chiton with apoptygma, and saccos. On the right Ajax, beardless, with helmet tilted back, short chiton, cuirass, mantle at back over arms, spear and shield (device, a snake coiled, to left), runs to left, pursuing Cassandra, who extends both arms towards the Palladion; his right hand already grasps her long hair; she wears long chiton with sleeves undertied. (b) Departure of a youth. On the left Nike stands en face in long sleeved chiton, himation fastened on right shoulder, hair looped up with dotted fillet, wings spread on each side, resting left on the edge of a shield, and holding in right an oinochoe; she looks to right towards a youth in a short tied chiton, and radiated fillet, with mantle on left arm and petasos hanging at back, two spears in his left hand, who holds out in right a phiale towards her. Behind him a bearded man wreathed with laurel, wearing long sleeved chiton and himation, who looks on, holding upright in his right a staff; his hair has probably been white, now faded. On the right stands a woman holding a sceptre upright in her right; she wears a long sleeved chiton and an himation, and her hair is looped up with a radiated stephane decorated with maeander pattern. Late style. Surface discoloured by fire. Below, a band of maeanders broken by chequered squares; round shoulder, tongue-pattern; on moulding above neck, band of oblique pairs of palmettes back-to-back. Below handles, double palmette with tendrils. On moulded sides of handles, ivy pattern. --The British Museum, Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
2. Sack of Troy
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-moulding; underneath, laurel-wreaths. Above the design, on the neck, ivy-wreath; at the back of the neck, ivy-wreath and palmettes. Below the handles, palmettes; above each design on the body, tongue-pattern, and below all round, maeander and crosses. The handles terminate in swans' heads below, and above in female masks with rams' horns, in front white with black hair and yellow markings, at the back black throughout. On the neck in front : Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre is Dionysos moving rapidly to right, looking back; he is beardless, with long hair, wreath, bordered chlamys over left arm held up in right hand, thyrsos in left. On either side of him is a Maenad moving to right, with hair gathered in a bunch behind, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton; the one on the left has a thyrsos in right hand and a blazing torch in left; in front of her is a tendril. The other has a radiated ampyx, chiton over left shoulder, and a tympanon in left hand; she looks upwards, and before her is an altar, on which is a fruit. On the body: (a) Iliupersis: (1.) In the centre is represented Ajax seizing Cassandra: In front of a xoanon of Athene is an altar with wave-pattern on the cornice and imitation triglyphs and metopes in front; the statue looks to right and has long hair, high-crested helmet, long chiton with a stripe of chevrons down the front bordered by wave-patterns, girdle with white studs, aegis at back with snake-border, double-pointed spear couched in right hand, shield on left arm. On the altar is Cassandra, seated to left with face to front, clasping the statue with both hands; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton over right shoulder, with apoptygma. On the right stands Ajax to left with right foot slightly raised, beardless, with curly hair, white high-crested helmet, bordered chlamys over left shoulder confined by a belt with white spots, sword slung at side, long spear in left hand; in right hand is his shield (device of four-spoked wheel in white on black, surrounded by a broad white band, outer rim of white dots), which he is laying down before seizing Cassandra. Below the altar is a prochoos lying on its side. On the right is Hecuba, or an aged priestess, running away and looking back, with white hair and eyebrows, double yellow fillet, sandals, long chiton and apoptygma reaching to the knees, embroidered down the front, and himation wrapped round her, right hand raised, left extended. (2.) On the left, the sacrifice of Polyxena is represented. Polyxena is fallen to right at the foot of the statue, clasping it with both arms; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with a stripe down the side. Behind her is Odysseus running up to carry her off, with left hand extended to seize her; he is beardless, with white pilos, bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung at side, long double-pointed spear in right hand. Above the scene on the left is Athene seated to right, with hair in a knot at the back tied with a double fillet, earrings, necklace, bracelets, aegis spotted white with snakes in front and radiated border with white zigzags, long chiton and apoptygma with border as the aegis, spear in right hand. Behind her is an Ionic column, round which is a string of large beads ending in tassels. (3.) Above are Anchises and Ascanios departing to right; Anchises is partly bald, with white hair, beard, and eyebrows, bordered embroidered himation over left arm, and staff in left hand; with right hand he leads Ascanios, who has a bordered himation over left arm. Behind them is a laurel-tree, and above are seen the segments of two shields, white with a border of dots. The ground-lines are indicated by white dots. (b) Departure of a warrior (?): In the centre is a beardless warrior to left with right foot raised on a rock, pilos, endromides, bordered himation over left shoulder, and spear in right hand; his left hand rests on his shield, which has a four-spoked wheel as device, with dots round the rim. Facing him is a beardless warrior with pilos slung at back, fillet, chlamys over his arms, endromides, spear in right hand, two fingers of left hand raised, as if addressing the other. Behind on a slightly higher level is a female figure to right with hair in a knot behind, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma reaching to the hips, sandals, situla in right hand; in left hand she holds out phiale. Behind her hangs an embroidered taenia; above the warriors is seen part of a shield with device of an eight-point star and border of dots, and an open window with double shutter on which are rows of white spots. On the right is a youth seated to right looking, back, with fillet, drapery under him, and spear in left hand; on a higher level is a female figure to right looking back, with hair in a knot, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma; with right hand she draws forward her drapery from behind. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
3. Iphigenia
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-moulding; underneath, laurel-wreaths. Above the design, on the neck, ivy-wreath; at the back of the neck, ivy-wreath and palmettes. Below the handles, palmettes; above each design on the body, tongue-pattern, and below all round, maeander and crosses. The handles terminate in swans' heads below, and above in female masks with rams' horns, in front white with black hair and yellow markings, at the back black throughout. On the neck in front : Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre is Dionysos moving rapidly to right, looking back; he is beardless, with long hair, wreath, bordered chlamys over left arm held up in right hand, thyrsos in left. On either side of him is a Maenad moving to right, with hair gathered in a bunch behind, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton; the one on the left has a thyrsos in right hand and a blazing torch in left; in front of her is a tendril. The other has a radiated ampyx, chiton over left shoulder, and a tympanon in left hand; she looks upwards, and before her is an altar, on which is a fruit. On the body: (a) Iliupersis: (1.) In the centre is represented Ajax seizing Cassandra: In front of a xoanon of Athene is an altar with wave-pattern on the cornice and imitation triglyphs and metopes in front; the statue looks to right and has long hair, high-crested helmet, long chiton with a stripe of chevrons down the front bordered by wave-patterns, girdle with white studs, aegis at back with snake-border, double-pointed spear couched in right hand, shield on left arm. On the altar is Cassandra, seated to left with face to front, clasping the statue with both hands; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton over right shoulder, with apoptygma. On the right stands Ajax to left with right foot slightly raised, beardless, with curly hair, white high-crested helmet, bordered chlamys over left shoulder confined by a belt with white spots, sword slung at side, long spear in left hand; in right hand is his shield (device of four-spoked wheel in white on black, surrounded by a broad white band, outer rim of white dots), which he is laying down before seizing Cassandra. Below the altar is a prochoos lying on its side. On the right is Hecuba, or an aged priestess, running away and looking back, with white hair and eyebrows, double yellow fillet, sandals, long chiton and apoptygma reaching to the knees, embroidered down the front, and himation wrapped round her, right hand raised, left extended. (2.) On the left, the sacrifice of Polyxena is represented. Polyxena is fallen to right at the foot of the statue, clasping it with both arms; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with a stripe down the side. Behind her is Odysseus running up to carry her off, with left hand extended to seize her; he is beardless, with white pilos, bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung at side, long double-pointed spear in right hand. Above the scene on the left is Athene seated to right, with hair in a knot at the back tied with a double fillet, earrings, necklace, bracelets, aegis spotted white with snakes in front and radiated border with white zigzags, long chiton and apoptygma with border as the aegis, spear in right hand. Behind her is an Ionic column, round which is a string of large beads ending in tassels. (3.) Above are Anchises and Ascanios departing to right; Anchises is partly bald, with white hair, beard, and eyebrows, bordered embroidered himation over left arm, and staff in left hand; with right hand he leads Ascanios, who has a bordered himation over left arm. Behind them is a laurel-tree, and above are seen the segments of two shields, white with a border of dots. The ground-lines are indicated by white dots. (b) Departure of a warrior (?): In the centre is a beardless warrior to left with right foot raised on a rock, pilos, endromides, bordered himation over left shoulder, and spear in right hand; his left hand rests on his shield, which has a four-spoked wheel as device, with dots round the rim. Facing him is a beardless warrior with pilos slung at back, fillet, chlamys over his arms, endromides, spear in right hand, two fingers of left hand raised, as if addressing the other. Behind on a slightly higher level is a female figure to right with hair in a knot behind, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma reaching to the hips, sandals, situla in right hand; in left hand she holds out phiale. Behind her hangs an embroidered taenia; above the warriors is seen part of a shield with device of an eight-point star and border of dots, and an open window with double shutter on which are rows of white spots. On the right is a youth seated to right looking, back, with fillet, drapery under him, and spear in left hand; on a higher level is a female figure to right looking back, with hair in a knot, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma; with right hand she draws forward her drapery from behind. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-moulding; underneath, laurel-wreaths. Above the design, on the neck, ivy-wreath; at the back of the neck, ivy-wreath and palmettes. Below the handles, palmettes; above each design on the body, tongue-pattern, and below all round, maeander and crosses. The handles terminate in swans' heads below, and above in female masks with rams' horns, in front white with black hair and yellow markings, at the back black throughout. On the neck in front : Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre is Dionysos moving rapidly to right, looking back; he is beardless, with long hair, wreath, bordered chlamys over left arm held up in right hand, thyrsos in left. On either side of him is a Maenad moving to right, with hair gathered in a bunch behind, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton; the one on the left has a thyrsos in right hand and a blazing torch in left; in front of her is a tendril. The other has a radiated ampyx, chiton over left shoulder, and a tympanon in left hand; she looks upwards, and before her is an altar, on which is a fruit. On the body: (a) Iliupersis: (1.) In the centre is represented Ajax seizing Cassandra: In front of a xoanon of Athene is an altar with wave-pattern on the cornice and imitation triglyphs and metopes in front; the statue looks to right and has long hair, high-crested helmet, long chiton with a stripe of chevrons down the front bordered by wave-patterns, girdle with white studs, aegis at back with snake-border, double-pointed spear couched in right hand, shield on left arm. On the altar is Cassandra, seated to left with face to front, clasping the statue with both hands; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton over right shoulder, with apoptygma. On the right stands Ajax to left with right foot slightly raised, beardless, with curly hair, white high-crested helmet, bordered chlamys over left shoulder confined by a belt with white spots, sword slung at side, long spear in left hand; in right hand is his shield (device of four-spoked wheel in white on black, surrounded by a broad white band, outer rim of white dots), which he is laying down before seizing Cassandra. Below the altar is a prochoos lying on its side. On the right is Hecuba, or an aged priestess, running away and looking back, with white hair and eyebrows, double yellow fillet, sandals, long chiton and apoptygma reaching to the knees, embroidered down the front, and himation wrapped round her, right hand raised, left extended. (2.) On the left, the sacrifice of Polyxena is represented. Polyxena is fallen to right at the foot of the statue, clasping it with both arms; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with a stripe down the side. Behind her is Odysseus running up to carry her off, with left hand extended to seize her; he is beardless, with white pilos, bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung at side, long double-pointed spear in right hand. Above the scene on the left is Athene seated to right, with hair in a knot at the back tied with a double fillet, earrings, necklace, bracelets, aegis spotted white with snakes in front and radiated border with white zigzags, long chiton and apoptygma with border as the aegis, spear in right hand. Behind her is an Ionic column, round which is a string of large beads ending in tassels. (3.) Above are Anchises and Ascanios departing to right; Anchises is partly bald, with white hair, beard, and eyebrows, bordered embroidered himation over left arm, and staff in left hand; with right hand he leads Ascanios, who has a bordered himation over left arm. Behind them is a laurel-tree, and above are seen the segments of two shields, white with a border of dots. The ground-lines are indicated by white dots. (b) Departure of a warrior (?): In the centre is a beardless warrior to left with right foot raised on a rock, pilos, endromides, bordered himation over left shoulder, and spear in right hand; his left hand rests on his shield, which has a four-spoked wheel as device, with dots round the rim. Facing him is a beardless warrior with pilos slung at back, fillet, chlamys over his arms, endromides, spear in right hand, two fingers of left hand raised, as if addressing the other. Behind on a slightly higher level is a female figure to right with hair in a knot behind, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma reaching to the hips, sandals, situla in right hand; in left hand she holds out phiale. Behind her hangs an embroidered taenia; above the warriors is seen part of a shield with device of an eight-point star and border of dots, and an open window with double shutter on which are rows of white spots. On the right is a youth seated to right looking, back, with fillet, drapery under him, and spear in left hand; on a higher level is a female figure to right looking back, with hair in a knot, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma; with right hand she draws forward her drapery from behind. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
5. Sack of Troy
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-moulding; underneath, laurel-wreaths. Above the design, on the neck, ivy-wreath; at the back of the neck, ivy-wreath and palmettes. Below the handles, palmettes; above each design on the body, tongue-pattern, and below all round, maeander and crosses. The handles terminate in swans' heads below, and above in female masks with rams' horns, in front white with black hair and yellow markings, at the back black throughout. On the neck in front : Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre is Dionysos moving rapidly to right, looking back; he is beardless, with long hair, wreath, bordered chlamys over left arm held up in right hand, thyrsos in left. On either side of him is a Maenad moving to right, with hair gathered in a bunch behind, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton; the one on the left has a thyrsos in right hand and a blazing torch in left; in front of her is a tendril. The other has a radiated ampyx, chiton over left shoulder, and a tympanon in left hand; she looks upwards, and before her is an altar, on which is a fruit. On the body: (a) Iliupersis: (1.) In the centre is represented Ajax seizing Cassandra: In front of a xoanon of Athene is an altar with wave-pattern on the cornice and imitation triglyphs and metopes in front; the statue looks to right and has long hair, high-crested helmet, long chiton with a stripe of chevrons down the front bordered by wave-patterns, girdle with white studs, aegis at back with snake-border, double-pointed spear couched in right hand, shield on left arm. On the altar is Cassandra, seated to left with face to front, clasping the statue with both hands; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton over right shoulder, with apoptygma. On the right stands Ajax to left with right foot slightly raised, beardless, with curly hair, white high-crested helmet, bordered chlamys over left shoulder confined by a belt with white spots, sword slung at side, long spear in left hand; in right hand is his shield (device of four-spoked wheel in white on black, surrounded by a broad white band, outer rim of white dots), which he is laying down before seizing Cassandra. Below the altar is a prochoos lying on its side. On the right is Hecuba, or an aged priestess, running away and looking back, with white hair and eyebrows, double yellow fillet, sandals, long chiton and apoptygma reaching to the knees, embroidered down the front, and himation wrapped round her, right hand raised, left extended. (2.) On the left, the sacrifice of Polyxena is represented. Polyxena is fallen to right at the foot of the statue, clasping it with both arms; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with a stripe down the side. Behind her is Odysseus running up to carry her off, with left hand extended to seize her; he is beardless, with white pilos, bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung at side, long double-pointed spear in right hand. Above the scene on the left is Athene seated to right, with hair in a knot at the back tied with a double fillet, earrings, necklace, bracelets, aegis spotted white with snakes in front and radiated border with white zigzags, long chiton and apoptygma with border as the aegis, spear in right hand. Behind her is an Ionic column, round which is a string of large beads ending in tassels. (3.) Above are Anchises and Ascanios departing to right; Anchises is partly bald, with white hair, beard, and eyebrows, bordered embroidered himation over left arm, and staff in left hand; with right hand he leads Ascanios, who has a bordered himation over left arm. Behind them is a laurel-tree, and above are seen the segments of two shields, white with a border of dots. The ground-lines are indicated by white dots. (b) Departure of a warrior (?): In the centre is a beardless warrior to left with right foot raised on a rock, pilos, endromides, bordered himation over left shoulder, and spear in right hand; his left hand rests on his shield, which has a four-spoked wheel as device, with dots round the rim. Facing him is a beardless warrior with pilos slung at back, fillet, chlamys over his arms, endromides, spear in right hand, two fingers of left hand raised, as if addressing the other. Behind on a slightly higher level is a female figure to right with hair in a knot behind, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma reaching to the hips, sandals, situla in right hand; in left hand she holds out phiale. Behind her hangs an embroidered taenia; above the warriors is seen part of a shield with device of an eight-point star and border of dots, and an open window with double shutter on which are rows of white spots. On the right is a youth seated to right looking, back, with fillet, drapery under him, and spear in left hand; on a higher level is a female figure to right looking back, with hair in a knot, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma; with right hand she draws forward her drapery from behind. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red, white and yellow, on black ground. Holes are pierced in the tops of the handles. Round the lip, each side, egg-moulding; underneath, wave-pattern. On the neck, (a) above, ivy-wreath; below, two lions confronted, each with one paw raised; (b) ivy-wreath and palmettes. Above the design in front, tongue- and egg-patterns; below, all round, maeander and crosses; below the handles, palmettes. The handles terminate below in swans' heads, as before. On the obverse of the medallions are bas-relief groups of a Satyr and a Maenad, in red and white; the Satyr wears a panther's skin, and is dancing to left, playing the double flute and looking back at the Maenad, who is seated to left, and has yellow hair in a knot, long white chiton, and red himation round lower limbs, in left hand a thyrsos, with right she draws forward her drapery; in the background is a tree. (a) Offerings at heroon: The heroon is Ionic distyle, painted white, with anthemia on the pediment and two phialae above; on the base, a band of triglyphs, white on black, and white metopes; beams of interior roof shown in wrong perspective. In it is a figure of a youth (painted white), with face to front, chlamys on left arm, and staff in right hand; he looks down and dips left hand into a large white laver on a fluted stand (hypostaton); inside the heroon hang three phialae. On the left is a youth leaning forward, with left foot raised on a rock and drapery over left arm, about to place a wreath on the base of the heroon. Above him are a youth and a female figure seated side by side to left and conversing, turning to look at each other; the youth has drapery over his lower limbs, and holds up a phiale containing fruit in right hand. His left hand is laid in the lap of the female figure, whose right hand is raised as if speaking; she is seated on a cista ornamented with maeander and lozenge patterns, and has hair gathered in a radiated opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with stripe down the side and apoptygma fastened on the shoulders. On the right is a female figure stooping forward to left, and placing on the heroon a large basket ornamented with maeander, wave, and other patterns; she has long curls, and wears radiated ampyx, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton, and sandals. Above her is a youth seated on a stool to right, looking back, with drapery round left arm and under him, wand in right hand, and pilos held up in left. Below the youths the ground is indicated by lines of dots. (b) Offerings at stele: The stele is a lofty Doric column on three steps, with a white taenia tied round it; on the steps are five taeniae and fruit. On the left is a female figure holding out a wreath to the stele in left hand; her hair is gathered in a knot, and she wears opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with stripe down front, and sandals; with right hand she draws forward her drapery. Above is a youth seated to right, with fillet, and drapery under him, holding out an embroidered taenia in both hands. On the right is a youth seated on raised ground to right, wearing fillet, and bordered himation over lower limbs; in right hand a wand, in left he holds out a phiale with fruit. Facing him, on a higher level, is a female figure holding up a fan in right hand and a pyxis in left; her hair is tied in a bunch, and she wears earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton with stripe down side, and sandals. Below on the right are several loose stones; ground-lines indicated by white dots. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
7. Sack of Troy
- Description
- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water). Designs red on black ground, with white accessories. Round the lip, egg-moulding; underneath, laurel-wreaths. Above the design, on the neck, ivy-wreath; at the back of the neck, ivy-wreath and palmettes. Below the handles, palmettes; above each design on the body, tongue-pattern, and below all round, maeander and crosses. The handles terminate in swans' heads below, and above in female masks with rams' horns, in front white with black hair and yellow markings, at the back black throughout. On the neck in front : Dionysiac thiasos: In the centre is Dionysos moving rapidly to right, looking back; he is beardless, with long hair, wreath, bordered chlamys over left arm held up in right hand, thyrsos in left. On either side of him is a Maenad moving to right, with hair gathered in a bunch behind, earrings, necklace, bracelets, and long girt chiton; the one on the left has a thyrsos in right hand and a blazing torch in left; in front of her is a tendril. The other has a radiated ampyx, chiton over left shoulder, and a tympanon in left hand; she looks upwards, and before her is an altar, on which is a fruit. On the body: (a) Iliupersis: (1.) In the centre is represented Ajax seizing Cassandra: In front of a xoanon of Athene is an altar with wave-pattern on the cornice and imitation triglyphs and metopes in front; the statue looks to right and has long hair, high-crested helmet, long chiton with a stripe of chevrons down the front bordered by wave-patterns, girdle with white studs, aegis at back with snake-border, double-pointed spear couched in right hand, shield on left arm. On the altar is Cassandra, seated to left with face to front, clasping the statue with both hands; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt bordered chiton over right shoulder, with apoptygma. On the right stands Ajax to left with right foot slightly raised, beardless, with curly hair, white high-crested helmet, bordered chlamys over left shoulder confined by a belt with white spots, sword slung at side, long spear in left hand; in right hand is his shield (device of four-spoked wheel in white on black, surrounded by a broad white band, outer rim of white dots), which he is laying down before seizing Cassandra. Below the altar is a prochoos lying on its side. On the right is Hecuba, or an aged priestess, running away and looking back, with white hair and eyebrows, double yellow fillet, sandals, long chiton and apoptygma reaching to the knees, embroidered down the front, and himation wrapped round her, right hand raised, left extended. (2.) On the left, the sacrifice of Polyxena is represented. Polyxena is fallen to right at the foot of the statue, clasping it with both arms; she has long dishevelled hair, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with a stripe down the side. Behind her is Odysseus running up to carry her off, with left hand extended to seize her; he is beardless, with white pilos, bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, sword slung at side, long double-pointed spear in right hand. Above the scene on the left is Athene seated to right, with hair in a knot at the back tied with a double fillet, earrings, necklace, bracelets, aegis spotted white with snakes in front and radiated border with white zigzags, long chiton and apoptygma with border as the aegis, spear in right hand. Behind her is an Ionic column, round which is a string of large beads ending in tassels. (3.) Above are Anchises and Ascanios departing to right; Anchises is partly bald, with white hair, beard, and eyebrows, bordered embroidered himation over left arm, and staff in left hand; with right hand he leads Ascanios, who has a bordered himation over left arm. Behind them is a laurel-tree, and above are seen the segments of two shields, white with a border of dots. The ground-lines are indicated by white dots. (b) Departure of a warrior (?): In the centre is a beardless warrior to left with right foot raised on a rock, pilos, endromides, bordered himation over left shoulder, and spear in right hand; his left hand rests on his shield, which has a four-spoked wheel as device, with dots round the rim. Facing him is a beardless warrior with pilos slung at back, fillet, chlamys over his arms, endromides, spear in right hand, two fingers of left hand raised, as if addressing the other. Behind on a slightly higher level is a female figure to right with hair in a knot behind, embroidered opisthosphendone, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma reaching to the hips, sandals, situla in right hand; in left hand she holds out phiale. Behind her hangs an embroidered taenia; above the warriors is seen part of a shield with device of an eight-point star and border of dots, and an open window with double shutter on which are rows of white spots. On the right is a youth seated to right looking, back, with fillet, drapery under him, and spear in left hand; on a higher level is a female figure to right looking back, with hair in a knot, earrings, necklace, bracelets, long girt chiton with apoptygma; with right hand she draws forward her drapery from behind. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Trendall, A D; Cambitoglou, Alexander, The red-figured vases of Apulia, Volumes 1-2, Oxford, Clarendon press, 1978; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with figure scenes on confined to a narrow, frieze-like band that encircles the lower element of the neck. (a) Combat of Achilles and Hector in the presence of Athena and Apollo. On the left, Achilles (youthful) presses forward with shield advanced and spear shortened to deal a finishing stroke to Hector (bearded), who, bleeding from wounds in the chest and left thigh, sinks helplessly backwards, with shield extended to right and point of spear dropped; each has a helmet with raised cheek-pieces, and a sword at side attached to his cross-belt. Beside each is inscribed his name, AXIΛΛEYΣ, Άχιλλενς, HEKTOP (retr.), Έκτωρ. On the left, Athene, with long chiton decorated with crosses and a border at the knees, a mantle fastened on the right shoulder falling in pteryges, aegis dotted and edged with snakes, helmet, and spear on right arm, rushes forward with left arm outstretched, as if to encourage Achilles: beside her, her name, ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑ, Αθηναία. On the right Apollo, youthful, with a mass of long brown hair, fillet, and mantle, moves away to right, looking back and holding out in right an arrow pointed towards Hector, as if he were about to hurl it; in his right he holds a long bow, with a raised piece on the inner curve at the handle, and quiver at back; before him, his name, ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝ (retr.), Άττόλλων. (b) Combat of Achilles and Memnon in the presence of Thetis and Eos. Achilles is as in (a), except that his helmet has cheek-pieces lowered and a nasal; inscription as before. Memnon is bearded, and has his mouth open, as if shouting: he rushes forward, covered with his shield foreshortened (device, a bull's head, half seen), with a sword drawn back in his right hand; his armour is the same as that of Hector; beside him, his name, MEMNON (retr.), Μεμνων. On the left Thetis rushes forward, her right hand, raised, her left extended, as if she were clapping her hands; her hair is long and brown, and confined with a fillet; she has a long chiton, a mantle over her shoulders, raised high around the back of the neck in a shell form, and bracelets; beside her, her name, ΘETIΣ, θέτις. On right, Eos runs forward, with her right extended, and with her left hand tearing her hair; she wears a long chiton decorated with crosses and a band of zigzags at knee, a mantle fastened on her right shoulder, a fillet and bracelets; beside her, her name, HEOΣ, Εως. Purple inscriptions, blood fillet, sword-belts in (b), and bracelets. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek, folds on chiton of Thetis; and brown strokes for hair of Apollo and Thetis. Eye in archaic type. The designs occupy bands on each side of the neck, the figures being spread out to cover the long space. Over them, a moulding, on which is an elaborate pattern, a band of alternate palmette and flower interlaced, on a similar band inverted; over this, on the lip, alternate dotted cross squares and key patterns. The body is black, but has at the bottom a band of rays; on the moulded sides of the handles, ivy pattern; round each of the lower insertions, tongue pattern. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with figure scenes on confined to a narrow, frieze-like band that encircles the lower element of the neck. (a) Combat of Achilles and Hector in the presence of Athena and Apollo. On the left, Achilles (youthful) presses forward with shield advanced and spear shortened to deal a finishing stroke to Hector (bearded), who, bleeding from wounds in the chest and left thigh, sinks helplessly backwards, with shield extended to right and point of spear dropped; each has a helmet with raised cheek-pieces, and a sword at side attached to his cross-belt. Beside each is inscribed his name, AXIΛΛEYΣ, Άχιλλενς, HEKTOP (retr.), Έκτωρ. On the left, Athene, with long chiton decorated with crosses and a border at the knees, a mantle fastened on the right shoulder falling in pteryges, aegis dotted and edged with snakes, helmet, and spear on right arm, rushes forward with left arm outstretched, as if to encourage Achilles: beside her, her name, ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑ, Αθηναία. On the right Apollo, youthful, with a mass of long brown hair, fillet, and mantle, moves away to right, looking back and holding out in right an arrow pointed towards Hector, as if he were about to hurl it; in his right he holds a long bow, with a raised piece on the inner curve at the handle, and quiver at back; before him, his name, ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝ (retr.), Άττόλλων. (b) Combat of Achilles and Memnon in the presence of Thetis and Eos. Achilles is as in (a), except that his helmet has cheek-pieces lowered and a nasal; inscription as before. Memnon is bearded, and has his mouth open, as if shouting: he rushes forward, covered with his shield foreshortened (device, a bull's head, half seen), with a sword drawn back in his right hand; his armour is the same as that of Hector; beside him, his name, MEMNON (retr.), Μεμνων. On the left Thetis rushes forward, her right hand, raised, her left extended, as if she were clapping her hands; her hair is long and brown, and confined with a fillet; she has a long chiton, a mantle over her shoulders, raised high around the back of the neck in a shell form, and bracelets; beside her, her name, ΘETIΣ, θέτις. On right, Eos runs forward, with her right extended, and with her left hand tearing her hair; she wears a long chiton decorated with crosses and a band of zigzags at knee, a mantle fastened on her right shoulder, a fillet and bracelets; beside her, her name, HEOΣ, Εως. Purple inscriptions, blood fillet, sword-belts in (b), and bracelets. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek, folds on chiton of Thetis; and brown strokes for hair of Apollo and Thetis. Eye in archaic type. The designs occupy bands on each side of the neck, the figures being spread out to cover the long space. Over them, a moulding, on which is an elaborate pattern, a band of alternate palmette and flower interlaced, on a similar band inverted; over this, on the lip, alternate dotted cross squares and key patterns. The body is black, but has at the bottom a band of rays; on the moulded sides of the handles, ivy pattern; round each of the lower insertions, tongue pattern. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893
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- Pottery: red-figured volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with figure scenes on confined to a narrow, frieze-like band that encircles the lower element of the neck. (a) Combat of Achilles and Hector in the presence of Athena and Apollo. On the left, Achilles (youthful) presses forward with shield advanced and spear shortened to deal a finishing stroke to Hector (bearded), who, bleeding from wounds in the chest and left thigh, sinks helplessly backwards, with shield extended to right and point of spear dropped; each has a helmet with raised cheek-pieces, and a sword at side attached to his cross-belt. Beside each is inscribed his name, AXIΛΛEYΣ, Άχιλλενς, HEKTOP (retr.), Έκτωρ. On the left, Athene, with long chiton decorated with crosses and a border at the knees, a mantle fastened on the right shoulder falling in pteryges, aegis dotted and edged with snakes, helmet, and spear on right arm, rushes forward with left arm outstretched, as if to encourage Achilles: beside her, her name, ΑΘΕΝΑΙΑ, Αθηναία. On the right Apollo, youthful, with a mass of long brown hair, fillet, and mantle, moves away to right, looking back and holding out in right an arrow pointed towards Hector, as if he were about to hurl it; in his right he holds a long bow, with a raised piece on the inner curve at the handle, and quiver at back; before him, his name, ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝ (retr.), Άττόλλων. (b) Combat of Achilles and Memnon in the presence of Thetis and Eos. Achilles is as in (a), except that his helmet has cheek-pieces lowered and a nasal; inscription as before. Memnon is bearded, and has his mouth open, as if shouting: he rushes forward, covered with his shield foreshortened (device, a bull's head, half seen), with a sword drawn back in his right hand; his armour is the same as that of Hector; beside him, his name, MEMNON (retr.), Μεμνων. On the left Thetis rushes forward, her right hand, raised, her left extended, as if she were clapping her hands; her hair is long and brown, and confined with a fillet; she has a long chiton, a mantle over her shoulders, raised high around the back of the neck in a shell form, and bracelets; beside her, her name, ΘETIΣ, θέτις. On right, Eos runs forward, with her right extended, and with her left hand tearing her hair; she wears a long chiton decorated with crosses and a band of zigzags at knee, a mantle fastened on her right shoulder, a fillet and bracelets; beside her, her name, HEOΣ, Εως. Purple inscriptions, blood fillet, sword-belts in (b), and bracelets. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek, folds on chiton of Thetis; and brown strokes for hair of Apollo and Thetis. Eye in archaic type. The designs occupy bands on each side of the neck, the figures being spread out to cover the long space. Over them, a moulding, on which is an elaborate pattern, a band of alternate palmette and flower interlaced, on a similar band inverted; over this, on the lip, alternate dotted cross squares and key patterns. The body is black, but has at the bottom a band of rays; on the moulded sides of the handles, ivy pattern; round each of the lower insertions, tongue pattern. --The British Museum, A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum, London, William Nicol, 1851; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893