TONKS. — CHARACTERISTICS OF BRYGOS. gl 
10. A band tied about the ankles of warriors, and looped behind just below the 
greaves (Fig. 21). 1 
Since these ten 2 peculiarities of style appear on the works signed by Brygos, and on 
none of the vases by other artists, they afford an absolutely sure means of recognizing 
vases which, though unsigned, belong to our artist. The unsigned vases (below, pp. 
105-106), which exhibit one or more of these stylistic peculiarities are the following:* 
No. 1. The Brygos peculiarities on this vase are the snub noses of the satyrs, and 
the motive of the flute-player moving forward, but turning around to blow. This time 
the player is a satyr, showing that the turning motive is applied to other than sympo- 
sium figures. 
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Beside these two motives, occur other characteristics which appear at times c 
•ks of other artists. They are the black stripe, dotted on one edge, used 
border for himatia ; dots used as ornaments for garments; 4 the thrown-hack head; 
the body tilted backward; satyrs with ears in various positions; Maenads dancing 
with sleeves held like wings ; thyrsoi with dots around the heads ; and the hair rolled 
at the back of the head. The dotted thyrsoi do not occur on the works of other 
artists. So another means of identification is added. 
No. 4. It is possible to bring this vase into the group of vases assigned to Brygos 
by the appearance on it of the girl playing a flute and standing before a couch on 
which reclines a man. This characteristic appears on a vase by our artist, — No. 19 
of the appended list (p. 109). 
Another characteristic (not the sole property of Brygos) is that of the thrown-back 
head. A variant of a characteristic is the representation of men with hairy bodies. 
No. 5. It is by the means of the new characteristic found on vase No. 1, namely, 
the dotted thyrsos, that this vase is added to the works of Brygos ; for three Maenads 
appear on it bearing in their hands thyrsoi with dots distributed about the b ,1s. 
It is to be noted that the eye of the interior figure is represented as very narrow 
and beady. This we have seen (when considering the "narrow eye") was not the 
sole property of Brygos, and could not be used as an unmistakable earmark of his 
style. But it is so frequent an occurrence in his work that it is worth while to men- 
tion it here. Another feature present on this vase is the loosened hair. This, too, is 
not the sole property of our artist. One might also mention the dotted robe (three 
instances), the hairy satyr-body, the delicate nostril, and the parted lips. 
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2 For eleven additional groups of characteristics, see p. 95. 
» The numbers used are those of the list appended to this monograph (pp. *■) 
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