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- Pottery: red-figured hydria. Thersites insulting Agamemnon. On the right stands Thersites, an old, bald-headed man with hooked nose and grotesque features, and peculiarly shaped head; he leans on a staff and wears a long chiton and an himation, which is passed over the back of his head. He looks at Agamemnon, who moves away with bearded face to front, carrying his spear sloped over his right shoulder, and shield (device, a lion to left) seen edgewise on his left arm; he wears a broad fillet, short chiton, cuirass, and a mantle hangs over his arms. On the left a bearded figure in a chlamys and a hemispherical helmet (Nestor?), with a spear over his right shoulder, moves away, looking back; the action of his left hand is not certain; he may possibly be touching the arm of Agamemnon. The cuirass of Agamemnon seems to be made in narrow vertical slips overlapping each other, and is decorated with a star on the shoulder-piece. Late stage of good period; drawing careless. Eye in profile. Below, a strip of maeander; above, of alternate palmette and lotus; round lip and handles, egg 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; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria: Centauromachy, with Kaineus. In the centre is Kaineus, armed with cuirass and shield, his body visible as far as the hips and holding out his sword. A Centaur, carrying a branch, seizes him by the left hand round the neck. On the right another Centaur gallops up, about to throw a rock on Kaineus. Behind him advances a warrior in a Persian cap and tunic of skin, carrying a shield with device of a rectangular object. On the left, a Greek warrior, carrying a shield with device of a cock (?) and apron on which an eye is painted, strides forward against an unseen opponent, brandishing a spear (?). --The British Museum
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria. (1) Menelaos pursuing Helen. Menelaos, a bearded warrior with cuirass, helmet with raised cheek-pieces, and himation, pursues to right with drawn sword and outstretched left arm Helen, who with left on bosom turns as she flees, extending her right towards him with a gesture of supplication. She wears a Doric chiton with border of zigzags and a row of dots near each edge, and apoptygma, undertied, an himation over her shoulders, earrings and sphendone: her hair hangs down her back. On right a woman in long sleeved chiton, mantle and earrings, and head-dress like that of Helen, moves to left, extending both arms as if to protect Helen. In the field above Helen, καλή. On left of her, ό παις; on right of the woman, KAΛΟΣ, καλός. (2) On shoulder: Symposion. Three wreathed figures wearing himation covering the legs and left shoulder recline to left, leaning each against a folded striped cushion. The one on right is bearded, and looks to right, extending to left on his right palm a cotyle: the central one also looks to right with his right resting on his breast; the third looks to left and twirls aloft on his right forefinger a kylix (κοτταβίζων); between these two hangs a basket. In the field, ό παϊς καλός. Strong style. Purple inscriptions, wreaths, cords of baskets. Eye archaic. The design on the body (1) is enclosed within a border formed by, below, pairs of maeanders separated by red cross squares; above, zigzag pattern; at sides, net pattern, which also forms the sides of the design 2; above 2, tongue. The lower part of the body is encircled by two thin lines of purple, and below, by a band of rays, black on red. The lip is left red. --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; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria. (1) Menelaos pursuing Helen. Menelaos, a bearded warrior with cuirass, helmet with raised cheek-pieces, and himation, pursues to right with drawn sword and outstretched left arm Helen, who with left on bosom turns as she flees, extending her right towards him with a gesture of supplication. She wears a Doric chiton with border of zigzags and a row of dots near each edge, and apoptygma, undertied, an himation over her shoulders, earrings and sphendone: her hair hangs down her back. On right a woman in long sleeved chiton, mantle and earrings, and head-dress like that of Helen, moves to left, extending both arms as if to protect Helen. In the field above Helen, καλή. On left of her, ό παις; on right of the woman, KAΛΟΣ, καλός. (2) On shoulder: Symposion. Three wreathed figures wearing himation covering the legs and left shoulder recline to left, leaning each against a folded striped cushion. The one on right is bearded, and looks to right, extending to left on his right palm a cotyle: the central one also looks to right with his right resting on his breast; the third looks to left and twirls aloft on his right forefinger a kylix (κοτταβίζων); between these two hangs a basket. In the field, ό παϊς καλός. Strong style. Purple inscriptions, wreaths, cords of baskets. Eye archaic. The design on the body (1) is enclosed within a border formed by, below, pairs of maeanders separated by red cross squares; above, zigzag pattern; at sides, net pattern, which also forms the sides of the design 2; above 2, tongue. The lower part of the body is encircled by two thin lines of purple, and below, by a band of rays, black on red. The lip is left red. --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; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria: Troilos and Polyxena. Design curving up over shoulder, with maeander and plain black and oblique cross-squares below; round the lip, egg-pattern. Troilos rides at full speed to the right, thrusting a goad into his horse's crupper; at his side is a second led horse. On the right Polyxena runs away at full speed, holding a sash in both hands over her head. Her hydria has fallen beneath the horse and is broken in two, water gushing out from the mouth and from the fracture. --The British Museum
6. Troilos
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria: Troilos and Polyxena. Design curving up over shoulder, with maeander and plain black and oblique cross-squares below; round the lip, egg-pattern. Troilos rides at full speed to the right, thrusting a goad into his horse's crupper; at his side is a second led horse. On the right Polyxena runs away at full speed, holding a sash in both hands over her head. Her hydria has fallen beneath the horse and is broken in two, water gushing out from the mouth and from the fracture. --The British Museum
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria: Troilos and Polyxena. Design curving up over shoulder, with maeander and plain black and oblique cross-squares below; round the lip, egg-pattern. Troilos rides at full speed to the right, thrusting a goad into his horse's crupper; at his side is a second led horse. On the right Polyxena runs away at full speed, holding a sash in both hands over her head. Her hydria has fallen beneath the horse and is broken in two, water gushing out from the mouth and from the fracture. --The British Museum
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria (water-jar). Heracles killing Nessos. Heracles, youthful, beardless, with lion-skin over head, forepaws knotted on his chest, striding to right, brandishing over his head his club; with his left hand he has seized by the throat Nessos, who has fallen on his right knee to the right and looks back (in three-quarter face), vainly trying with his right to loosen the grasp of Heracles; he is bald on the crown, but has a small circular patch of hair over the centre of the forehead; he has bushy hair at the back and beard, and horse's ears. His left arm passes behind the back of Deianeira, who moves to right, looking back and extending her right towards Heracles for assistance; with her left she raises the edge of a veil which covers the back of her head and her left shoulder. She wears a long-sleeved chiton, a mantle, earrings with pendent palmettes, and a saccos. Over the back of Nessos is inscribed καλός. Large style with remains of severe period. Purple has been used for the veil of Deianeira, now faded to white; also for a wound in the crown of the Centaur, from which blood flows down his chest; and for the inscription. Brown inner markings, hair on cheek of Heracles, and shading of the outside of the lion-skin. Eye in archaic type, with dotted pupil and brown shading around the lid: the eyelashes of the Centaur are drawn in brown. The fringe of hair over the forehead is indicated in rows of black dots. The design curves up over the shoulder. Below, a strip of maeander; above, of alternate palmette and honeysuckle; round the lip, egg pattern; below the back handle, a small palmette; around the insertion of the side handles, 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; Rawson, Jessica, Chinese Ornament: The Lotus and the Dragon, London, BMP, 1984; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
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- Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930, Pottery: red-figured hydria (water-jar). Perseus fleeing after cutting off Medusa's head. In the centre Medusa, a winged, headless figure in a short tied bordered chiton with sleeves, has fallen to the left, but supports herself on her rigid arms, resting only on the finger-tips, the blood flowing in a broad stream from the wound. On the left, Perseus flees to left, both arms extended in front of him, and looking round at Medusa; he wears a chiton like that of Medusa, the winged hat (κυνή Αίδον) and talaria; at his side there hangs from his left shoulder the wallet (kibisis), in which the upper part of the Gorgoneion is visible, en face (with closed eyes, black hair around the forehead, and outside this a broad strip forming a sort of frame, shaded brownish); in his left hand is the harpe, sickle-shaped, the edge jagged, the handle ending in a spiral; his long hair is looped up over his ears. On the right of Medusa, Athene runs to the left, carrying a very long spear over her right shoulder, and with her left hand raising the edge of her skirt; she wears a long undertied sleeved chiton, which has no folds, but a pattern of Vs, dotted aegis fringed with snakes, and a tall crested helmet; her long hair floats back, the ends drawn in thinned black. Advanced stage of severe style. Purple blood. Brown inner markings, upper folds of Medusa's chiton, and pinion feathers of her wings; on the upper part of Perseus' chiton no folds are visible. Eye in transition type (disc close to inner angle, which is opened). The design is principally on the shoulder, and comes very little below the level of the side handles; below it, a strip of sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares. Round the lip, egg pattern. --The British Museum
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- Pottery: red-figured hydria (water-jar). Perseus fleeing after cutting off Medusa's head. In the centre Medusa, a winged, headless figure in a short tied bordered chiton with sleeves, has fallen to the left, but supports herself on her rigid arms, resting only on the finger-tips, the blood flowing in a broad stream from the wound. On the left, Perseus flees to left, both arms extended in front of him, and looking round at Medusa; he wears a chiton like that of Medusa, the winged hat (κυνή Αίδον) and talaria; at his side there hangs from his left shoulder the wallet (kibisis), in which the upper part of the Gorgoneion is visible, en face (with closed eyes, black hair around the forehead, and outside this a broad strip forming a sort of frame, shaded brownish); in his left hand is the harpe, sickle-shaped, the edge jagged, the handle ending in a spiral; his long hair is looped up over his ears. On the right of Medusa, Athene runs to the left, carrying a very long spear over her right shoulder, and with her left hand raising the edge of her skirt; she wears a long undertied sleeved chiton, which has no folds, but a pattern of Vs, dotted aegis fringed with snakes, and a tall crested helmet; her long hair floats back, the ends drawn in thinned black. Advanced stage of severe style. Purple blood. Brown inner markings, upper folds of Medusa's chiton, and pinion feathers of her wings; on the upper part of Perseus' chiton no folds are visible. Eye in transition type (disc close to inner angle, which is opened). The design is principally on the shoulder, and comes very little below the level of the side handles; below it, a strip of sets of three maeanders separated by red cross squares. Round the lip, egg 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; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930