Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides and lotus and honeysuckle along the bottom; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: Combat of warriors, perhaps Achilles and Memnon: In the centre, a warrior to left, fully armed, with two pellets on shield, beaten back on one knee by a similarly armed warrior, who also has a short embroidered chiton, and a Boeotian shield. On the right is another warrior coming up to the defence of the fallen one, with helmet, short embroidered chiton, sword, spear, and shield with the device of an eight-point star. Behind each of the two latter warriors is a female figure looking on and clapping her hands; each has long hair with a fillet, long embroidered chiton and striped himation. Behind them are beardless male figures, with fillets, and drapery over the lower part of their bodies, carrying spears. 2. On the body: Water-drawing at Callirrhoe: On the left is a building supported by a Doric column painted white, on the left side of which is a fountain with water pouring from a lion's head into a hydria placed on a step. In the field is inscribed: Καλ(λ)ιρ(ρό)η κρήνη. Outside stands a maiden to left; above her is inscribed: Σίμυλις. The next one stands to left holding a hydria on her head; behind her: Σίμυλις (as before); next to her is one to right holding a hydria on her head; in front of her: Έπηράτη. The next one, also to right, has a hydria on her head, in left hand a wreath; in front of her: Κυάνη. On the right are two more, to left, the first with an empty hydria carried horizontally on a pad on her head, to which she raises right hand; behind her is inscribed: Εύήνη. The other has a hydria on her head, and right hand raised; behind her is inscribed: Χορονίκη. All have long hair and fillets, long chitons and himatia, both embroidered, and hold branches, except the second, who has no himation, but a diapered chiton with diploldion; their faces have been much repainted. Above is inscribed : Ίπ(π)οκράτης καλός. --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, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 8, British Museum 6, London, BMP, 1931
Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: Contest of Achilles and Memnon?: In the centre lies the body of Antilochos (?) flat on the face, the head to left; he is nude and beardless. Over it Achilles and Memnon are confronted, both fully armed, with spears and Boeotian shields; that of Memnon has a rosette, incised, between four pellets, painted; Achilles also has a sword. Behind them are two beardless male figures, looking on, with long hair, fillets, long chitons and striped himatia; behind each of these, a beardless male figure, also looking on, wearing a fillet and chlamys; all four hold wands. 2. On the body: Marriage procession: A quadriga to right, in which are a beardless male figure with fillet, long chiton, and himation, holding reins in both hands, and a female figure in a long purple chiton and himation over her head. By the side of the quadriga walks a female figure with long hair, fillet, long chiton, and embroidered himation, clapping her hands. In advance, at further side of horses and looking back towards her, is a male figure with fillet, long white chiton, and striped himation, playing on the chelys. At the horses' heads is the proegetes (leader of the procession) to right, looking back; he has petasos, chlamys, endromides, and caduceus. In the field above is inscribed Λυσιππίδης καλός, Ρόδον καλέ. 3. Below, a frieze of animals: In the centre a Siren to right looking back, with wings outspread; on either side a panther and doe confronted. --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 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927
Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: Contest of Achilles and Memnon?: In the centre lies the body of Antilochos (?) flat on the face, the head to left; he is nude and beardless. Over it Achilles and Memnon are confronted, both fully armed, with spears and Boeotian shields; that of Memnon has a rosette, incised, between four pellets, painted; Achilles also has a sword. Behind them are two beardless male figures, looking on, with long hair, fillets, long chitons and striped himatia; behind each of these, a beardless male figure, also looking on, wearing a fillet and chlamys; all four hold wands. 2. On the body: Marriage procession: A quadriga to right, in which are a beardless male figure with fillet, long chiton, and himation, holding reins in both hands, and a female figure in a long purple chiton and himation over her head. By the side of the quadriga walks a female figure with long hair, fillet, long chiton, and embroidered himation, clapping her hands. In advance, at further side of horses and looking back towards her, is a male figure with fillet, long white chiton, and striped himation, playing on the chelys. At the horses' heads is the proegetes (leader of the procession) to right, looking back; he has petasos, chlamys, endromides, and caduceus. In the field above is inscribed Λυσιππίδης καλός, Ρόδον καλέ. 3. Below, a frieze of animals: In the centre a Siren to right looking back, with wings outspread; on either side a panther and doe confronted. --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 4, British Museum 3, London, BMP, 1927
Pottery: black-figured hydria. Designs in black on red panels, with borders of ivy down the sides; accessories of white and purple. 1. On the shoulder: Battle-scene: A quadriga at full speed to left; in it a warrior with visored helmet, two spears, and shield with device of a tripod. A warrior is fallen to left under the horses' feet, fully armed, with Boeotian shield, on which are two pellets. Behind him are two warriors to right defending him with spears, both fully armed; the first has an ivy-wreath as device on shield, the second a tripod. Behind the quadriga, are two fully-armed warriors in combat; the one on the left, with Boeotian shield, has beaten down the other on one knee and is about to transfix him with spear. 2. On the body: Marriage-procession: A quadriga to right in which are the bride and bridegroom (possibly Hera and Zeus), the former veiled in a himation, the latter bearded, in long chiton and striped himation, goad in right hand, reins in both. In advance of them, at further side of horses, is a beardless male figure (Apollo?) to right, with long hair, curls in front of his ears, embroidered chiton and striped himation, playing on the chelys. Facing him, also on further side of horses, is a female figure (Aphrodite?) with long tresses and long embroidered chiton, holding up a flower in right hand. In front of the horses is the proegetes (leader of the procession), or Hermes, to right, bearded, with long tresses, striped chlamys, petasos, endromides, and caduceus. 3. Below: A lion to right confronted by a boar twice repeated. -- 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
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
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
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
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