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441. Death of Priam
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- Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora. (a) Death of Priam at the altar of Zeus Herkeios: In the centre is Neoptolemos to right, in tall visored helmet, embroidered chlamys, and greaves, stabbing Priam with spear. Priam has fallen across the altar and looks back beseechingly; he is partly bald, with white beard and long tresses, and long embroidered chiton; he raises right hand above head. On his body and the altar are purple streaks of blood. With left hand Neoptolemos thrusts back Hecuba, who is standing to left, with right hand placed on his helmet, and left raised to head; she has long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered. Behind Neoptolemos is a similar female figure (perhaps Andromache), with hands extended; behind the altar is a tree. (b) In the centre, Dionysos to right, bearded, with ivy-wreath, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, in right hand a vine-branch, in left a keras. At his further side a goat walks to right. On either side of him is a Maenad advancing to right, with long hair, fillet, and long embroidered chiton; the first one has a pardalis (leopard skin) tied round her neck, and right hand extended; she looks back at Dionysos; the second also wears a himation, and holds crotala (castanets) in left hand. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
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- Pottery: black-figured neck-amphora . (a) Return of Persephone from Hades: On the left is Pluto seated to right, partly bald, with white beard and long tresses, fillet, long embroidered chiton and himation, sceptre in left hand. Before him is Hermes (as Psychagogos) to left, looking back at him; he is bearded, with hair looped up under a fillet, short chiton and chlamys, both embroidered, petasos and endromides, right hand pointing upwards. In advance of him is Persephone to right, looking back, with long tresses, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, in left hand three ears of corn. The locality is indicated by Sisyphos who is bearded, with petasos and chlamys over left shoulder; he rolls the stone to right up a steep incline, holding it with both hands, and raising left knee to assist its progress. (b) Apollo Citharoedos to right, beardless, with long tresses, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, playing with a plectrum on the chelys, from which hangs drapery; by his side is a hind to right. Facing him are two female figures (Nymphs ?), with long hair, fillets, long chitons and himatia, both embroidered, and right hands extended. Behind him are two similar figures to right, with left hands raised. In the field, branches. The greater part of the design is restored. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
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- Pottery: black-figured hydria. Rather coarse style. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides and lotus-buds along the bottom; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: In the centre a bearded figure to right with embroidered chlamys over left shoulder, seizing with both hands a goat to right, which looks back at him. On either side is a seated female figure looking on, with long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, and hands extended. On the left is a nude bearded figure departing, and looking back. 2. On the body: Medea boiling the ram: In the centre is a large lebes placed on a tripod over a fire, out of which the forepart of a ram appears to right. On the right is Medea to right looking to left, waving her arms over the lebes; by her side is Jason kneeling to left, nude and bearded, placing a log on the fire. On the other side of the lebes is one of Pelias' daughters to right, looking back at him with left hand extended; she and Medea both have long hair, fillets, and long chitons and himatia, both embroidered. On the left is Pelias seated to right, with white beard and long tresses with fillet, wrapped in an embroidered himation, sceptre in left hand. In the field, branches. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
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- Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels with borders of ivy down the sides, and palmettes along the bottom; accessories of purple and white. 1. On the shoulder: Combat of Heracles and Antaios: In the centre Heracles stooping to right, endeavours to raise Antaios from the earth; both are nude and wear fillets, Antaios alone is bearded; Heracles grasps Antaios by the right arm, and the other holds him by the left foot. Behind Heracles is Athene to right, with high-crested helmet, long chiton, and himation, in right hand a spear, the left raised in encouragement. Behind her is Hermes seated to right, bearded, with hair looped up behind, petasos, short chiton, and chlamys, sword at left side and caduceus in right hand. He is looking back at Iolaos, who stands looking on, fully armed, with spear in right hand, and shield with device of two pellets. On the right is a female figure moving away to right, looking back, with long hair, fillet, long embroidered chiton and himation, left hand raised; facing her is a bearded male figure in embroidered himation, with spear. Above are hung Heracles' quiver and embroidered chlamys. In the field, branches. 2. On the body: Amazonomachia (Amazonomachy): A quadriga driven to right by an Amazon in a high-crested helmet, with long hair, fillet, short embroidered chiton and cuirass. By the further side of the quadriga is Achilles to right, fully armed, with short embroidered chiton and shield with ivy wreath as device, attacking Penthesilea with a spear. She is vainly defending herself with her spear, and moves away to right, looking back at him; she has long hair with fillet, a high-crested helmet, and shield with two pellets as device. Beneath the horses is a fallen Amazon lying on her back to right with legs drawn up; she has long hair, fillet, short embroidered chiton, greaves, spear, and shield with device of a tripod. In front of the horses is another Amazon to left, armed like the last, except that she has no shield, hurling spear; all four Amazons wear necklaces. Underneath the foot, incised characters. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
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- In top-left is a Red-figure Plate, Vase E135 by Epiktetos, created ca. 520-510 BCE and measuring 19.5 cm in diameter and 1.905 cm in height. Vase is listed under Repository ID: 1837,0609.59. Athenian red-figured plate: a single figure in oriental costume - trousers ('anaxyrides'), tight-fitting sleeved coat ('kandys') and soft skin hat ('kidaris') with long ear-flaps hanging down - fills the circular field of this plate. This outfit, which resembles the Median costume, was most commonly used in Athenian art for Scythians, but since the figure is not bearded, it is most likely in this case to be intended to depict an Amazon archer. Later representations of Persians, Scythians and Amazons lose much of their individual identity. She draws an arrow from her quiver (here a 'gorytos') as she turns back to shoot at the enemy, her composite bow at the ready in her left hand. Signed by Epiktetos as painter.--The British Museum; In top-right is a Black-figure Pinax, Vase B591 attributed to Psiax, created ca. 520-500 BCE, and measuring 19.05 cm in diameter. Vase is listed under Repository ID: 1867,0508.941. Pottery: black-figured pinax (plate). Late style; occasional accessories of white and purple. An archer to left, beardless, with hair curly in front, earrings, high peaked cap, and jerkin and anaxyrides in one piece, stippled all over, with a guilloche pattern down the legs; at his side, his bow and quiver, the latter ornamented with guilloche pattern, with open lid in the form of a wing; he is blowing a trumpet (salpinx) with a phorbeia (chinstrap).--The British Museum (top right); In bottom right is a Black-figure Pinax, Old Catalogue 698, Vase B589 attributed to Psiax, created ca. 520-500 BCE, and measuring 21.59 cm in diameter. Vase is listed under Repository ID: 1837,0609.31., Beazley, J D, Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1963; Curtis, J E; Tallis, N, Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia, London, BMP, 2005; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Allen, Lindsay, The Persian Empire: A History, London, BMP, 2005
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- Pottery: black-figured amphora : the dragging of Hektor; Achilles drags Hektor's corpse around Patroklos' tomb. On the right is the white tomb mound with Patroklos' armed soul above. In the centre is the winged messenger-goddess, who has come to put a stop to Achilles' treatment of the corpse. --The British Museum, Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927
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- Pottery: black-figured amphora : the dragging of Hektor; Achilles drags Hektor's corpse around Patroklos' tomb. On the right is the white tomb mound with Patroklos' armed soul above. In the centre is the winged messenger-goddess, who has come to put a stop to Achilles' treatment of the corpse. --The British Museum, Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927
448. Quarreling heros
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- Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides and palmettes along the bottom; accessories of white and purple, somewhat faded. 1. On the shoulder: In the centre Dionysos seated on an okladias to right, bearded, with ivy-wreath, long chiton and himation, keras in left hand. Facing him is Ariadne, seated on a block, right hand raised as if conversing; she has long hair with fillet, long chiton and himation, in left hand a wreath. On the right is a Satyr to right with left hand raised, pursuing a Maenad who runs away to right, looking back at him, with arms extended; she has long hair with fillet, and a long chiton. Behind Dionysos is another Maenad, as the last, running to right, pursued by a Satyr who stoops forward to seize her. Behind him is Hermes to right, bearded with short chiton and chlamys, both embroidered, petasos, and endromides; in right hand a wand, left extended. In the field, vine-branches. 2. On the body: perhaps the Strife of Ajax and Odysseus over the arms of Achilles: Between the combatants is Agamemnon to right looking to left, bearded, with a chlamys over his arms, interposing to separate them. On the left is Ajax to right, nude, bearded, with drawn sword in right hand, sheath in left, confronting Odysseus, who is nude and beardless, and holds sword in left hand, sheath in right. Each of them is seized round the waist by a nude male figure, who prevents them from attacking one another. On the right is a bearded male figure to left with drapery round his loins, who has seized Odysseus by the left arm to prevent his using his sword; on the left, behind Ajax, is a beardless male figure wearing a fillet and chlamys, who has seized his right wrist for the same purpose. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
449. Quarreling heros
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- Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides and palmettes along the bottom; accessories of white and purple, somewhat faded. 1. On the shoulder: In the centre Dionysos seated on an okladias to right, bearded, with ivy-wreath, long chiton and himation, keras in left hand. Facing him is Ariadne, seated on a block, right hand raised as if conversing; she has long hair with fillet, long chiton and himation, in left hand a wreath. On the right is a Satyr to right with left hand raised, pursuing a Maenad who runs away to right, looking back at him, with arms extended; she has long hair with fillet, and a long chiton. Behind Dionysos is another Maenad, as the last, running to right, pursued by a Satyr who stoops forward to seize her. Behind him is Hermes to right, bearded with short chiton and chlamys, both embroidered, petasos, and endromides; in right hand a wand, left extended. In the field, vine-branches. 2. On the body: perhaps the Strife of Ajax and Odysseus over the arms of Achilles: Between the combatants is Agamemnon to right looking to left, bearded, with a chlamys over his arms, interposing to separate them. On the left is Ajax to right, nude, bearded, with drawn sword in right hand, sheath in left, confronting Odysseus, who is nude and beardless, and holds sword in left hand, sheath in right. Each of them is seized round the waist by a nude male figure, who prevents them from attacking one another. On the right is a bearded male figure to left with drapery round his loins, who has seized Odysseus by the left arm to prevent his using his sword; on the left, behind Ajax, is a beardless male figure wearing a fillet and chlamys, who has seized his right wrist for the same purpose. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
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- Pottery: black-figured hydria. Imperfectly fired. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: Judgment of Paris: Paris is moving rapidly away to right; he is bearded, with long chiton, himation, and endromides, and spear in right hand. He is looking back at Hermes, who advances to right, leading up the goddesses; he is bearded, and has petasos, chlamys, endromides, and caduceus in right hand. Hera comes first, with long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, sceptre in right hand. Next, Athene, with high-crested helmet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, spear in right hand. She is looking back at Aphrodite who has long hair, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, and sceptre in right hand; all three have the left hand raised. 2. On the body: Contest of Heracles with Triton: Heracles, in short chiton and lion's skin, has seized the Triton from behind, with legs astride round his fish-body, and left arm round his breast; the Triton has a wreath, long tresses, and a long pointed beard; his body from the breast downwards ends in a long fish's tail with scales incised. On the left stands Nereus to right, with white tresses and beard, in long chiton and himation, both embroidered; in left hand a staff, right hand raised. On the right stands a Nereid to left, with long hair, fillet, long chiton and himation, both embroidered, right hand raised, holding a flower. 3. Below, a panther to left looking back between two goats; on either side of them a palmette. --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; Walters, H B, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931