€6 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



and Seilenos in a fresco of Pompeii (Muller-Wieseler, Denk- 

 maler, pi. 33, No. 373). 



2, 3. Two marine pieces, each with a small villain the back- 

 ground, a bay, and in the distance the farther shore, with 

 buildings. In one there are two ships in the bay. Pliny 

 alludes to marine views of this kind as popular in the time 

 of Augustus (Hist. Nat. xxxv. 116). 



4, 5. Two small panels with birds, in one a jay, in the other 

 a swallow and a robin. 



1-5. Found in a villa at Boscoreale, near Povipeii. 



VI. Pottery. 



1. Red-figured lekythos, representing a young woman 

 rushing out of a doorway, with outstretched hands. The 

 vase is inscribed: AVKMEON KAAOS, 'AXk^ewv KaXog. 

 The name of Alcmaeon has historical interest as that of the 

 son of Megacles (Ilerodotus, vi. 125). Journ. Hellen. Stud. 

 xix., p. 202 ; compare for the name, Klein, Leiblingsinschr., 

 2nd ed., p. 129. Eretria. 



2. Lebes of the geometrical period, on which is painted on a 

 large scale a Greek galley, or bireme, with two banks of 

 rowers ; on the reverse are two chariots followed by a horse- 

 man. At the stern of the ship is a nude man stepping on board 

 a-nd bidding farewell to a woman who holds a wreath. Journ. 

 Hellen. Stud. xix. pi. 8, p. 198. Thehes. 



3. Black-figured kyathos on tall stem, of Attic-Ionic fabric, 

 with frieze representing a irpoOeaig, or laying-out of a corpse ; 

 it lies on a bier, with a man and two women bending over it. 

 On either side is a row of mourners, on one side, women beating 

 their breasts ; on the other, men beating their foreheads. The 

 subject forms a link between the Dipylon vases and the 

 Athenian prothesis-amphorae and sepulchral plaques ; the vase 

 may be dated about the beginning of the sixth century B.C. 

 Forman Sale Catalogue, No. 278. 



4. Black-figured amphora of the middle of the sixth century 

 B.C. On the obverse is Achilles dragging the body of Hector 

 after his chariot, driven by his charioteer, besides whom is 

 inscribed the name KOMI.OZ Ko^t[S]oe. Beside the chariot 

 is a winged goddess, perhaps meant for Ate ; part of the 

 letter A is visible. In the background is the tomb of Patro- 

 clos, a white mound on which is a black snake ; above it hovers 

 the shade of the hero, in the form of a diminutive warrior. 

 Odysseus precedes the chariot, one of the horses of which is 

 named OA . . POZ, <i>a[t8]|Ooe. Onthe reverse is a procession of 

 five Amazons on horseback. Forman Sale Catalogue, No. 30G ; 

 Gerhard, Auserlesene Vasenbilder, pi. 199; Overbeck, 

 Heroische Bildwerke, pi. 19, fig. 8. Vulci. 



5. A similar black-figured amphora, with traces of Ionic 

 and Chalcidian influence. On the obverse is Achilles lying in 

 wait for Troilos behind a fountain of unusual form, consisting 

 of a fluted shaft on a small plinth, with white abacus ; water 



