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fiows into a basin from a spout on one side. Polyxena stands 

 by with her pitcher, and beyond her is Troilos on horseback, 

 leading up a second horse. The scene differs from the con- 

 -ventional type in that Achilles kneels on the left side of the 

 fountain instead of the right. On the reverse is a combat of 

 two warriors, with a woman on either side ; the type is that 

 of the combat of Achilles and Memnon in the presence of 

 Thetis and Eos. Sale Catalogue, No. 308. 



6. Red-figured hydria of fine archaic style, of the school of 

 Euthymides. On it is represented a later moment of the 

 scene depicted on the last vase. Troilos and Polyxena are in 

 flight after the discovery of Achilles' ambush. The former 

 gallops away, urging on his horse with a goad, while the 

 latter has left her pitcher broken on the ground with the 

 water pouring out of it. Sale Catalogue, No. 3.39. 



7. Red-figured lebes of the finest style. The subject, 

 which forms a frieze round the vase, is a combat of Amazons 

 with Attic heroes. It falls into three groups. In the first, 

 Andromache is about to be slain by Theseus, who is attended 

 by Peirithoos and Phorbas ; on the right, Hippolyte and two 

 other mounted Amazons ride up. In the second, an Amazon 

 thrusts with her spear at a Greek who brandishes a scimitar ; 

 behind him Acamas advances, and on the other side is an 

 Amazon running. In the third group, Melaneus falls 

 wounded by an Amazon ; on the right is Sthenelos. Most of 

 the figures are inscribed by name ; they present many 

 interesting details of armour and costume, especially the 

 Amazons, who are attired and armed in Oriental fashion. 



This vase was found at Girgenti in 1830, and was formerly 

 in the possession of Samuel Rogers. It is mentioned by 

 Waagen (Treasures of Art in England, ii, p. 81), and was 

 drawn by George Scharf for Gerhard's Auserlesene Vasen- 

 bilder, where it is published (iv. pis. 329, 330). In some of 

 the groups the composition is strikingly eff'ective, and has 

 probably been derived from a great fresco of the early 5th 

 cent. B.C. But the drawing is in most cases over-refined and 

 occasionally weak, while the proportions of the male figures 

 are sometimes quite incorrect. Yet the eff'ect of the vase 

 altogether is one of singular charm. Sale Catalogue, No. 357. 



3-7. From the Sale of the Forman Collection, 



III. — Excavations. 



The excavations in Cyprus undertaken in December 1897, 

 on a Mycenaean site near the Tekke on the Larnaca Salt 

 Lake were resumed in April 1898 for a few weeks, but the 

 results were very small and dp not call for particular notice. 

 In March j899 excavations were again taken in hand, this 

 time at Kouklia, the site of Old Paphos, where evidences had 

 been found of older tombs than had been discovered in previous 

 excavations in that locality. It was, however, proved that the 

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