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figure stooping over a burning altar and apparently dropping 

 incense on the fire, while opposite has stood a bearded figure, 

 playing on double flutes, of whom only the head, hands and 

 flutes remain ; a second fragment has on the left a dancing 

 figure clapping his hands over his head, while two draped 

 female figures stand side by side looking on ; behind them 

 and turned away to the right is a youth playing on double 

 flutes, and working with his left foot the kroupezae used by 

 flute players to mark time ; a third fragment has two Seileni 

 with a large crater between them out of which they have 

 been filling their drinking cups ; the faces and hair are 

 rendered with the minuteness of a gem ; the fourth fragment 

 has a bearded and wreathed figure seated on a chair to left, 

 holding a sceptre in one hand, while with the other he points 

 to a female figure in front, with her back turned towards 

 him ; she wears a I'hrygian cap ; behind the seated figure has 

 been a tree, of which only the top branches now remain. 



Yl.— Pottery. 



1. White Athenian lekythos, with combat between horse- 

 man and foot soldier, recalling, by the great beauty of the 

 drawing, the Parthenon frieze. Both combatants are youth- 

 ful, and fight with the spear. The one on horseback wears a 

 petasus and short chiton girt at the waist. The other wears 

 a conical helmet and protects himself with his shield. The 

 horse is painted a dark red. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Athens. 



2. Similar lekythos, representing a young warrior seated at 

 a stele, to whom a youth brings a helmet and a spear. 



3. Archaic Greek black-figured amphora, representing the 

 sacrifice of Polyxena at an altar beside the tumulus of 

 Achilles. Polyxena is held over the altar in a horizontal 

 position by three Greeks, Amphilochos, Antiphates, and 

 Ajax Iliades (Oiliades), while Neoptolemos stabs her in. 

 the throat. Behind Neoptolemos is Diomede, and, lastly, on 

 the left of the scene Nestor Pylios. The corresponding figure 

 on the extreme right is Phoenix. The dress of Polyxena is 

 carefully wrapped round her ; she makes no struggle nor efi'ort 

 to escape her fate, but appears to be anxious above everything 

 to die decently {ivaxw^o) as Euripides says in the Hecuba, 

 568 fol. The occurrence on a vase of epithets which are 

 familiar in literature, such as Nestor Pylios, is extremely rare. 



4. Red-figured kylix, with an Amazon in the interior, and 

 groups of warriors on the exterior; inscribed with the 

 names A0ENOAOTOZ KAAOZ and AEAfPOZ KAAOZ, 

 probably the work of Euphronios. 



5. Fragment of a red-figured kylix, with interior design of 

 an archer wearing a helmet with bull's ears and horns, 

 apparently the work of Chachrylion : remains of inscription, 

 probably the artist's name. 



