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on a third, that of the archon Polyzelos, (b.c. 367). On the obverse 
of these vases is represented Athene Proinachos, wearing an em- 
broidered peplos, and treated according to an ancient hieratic type. 
On the reverse, chariot race and other athletic contests. On the 
centre vase (Table Case G) the group of Harmodios and Aristogeiton 
is painted on the shield of Athene. These vases are of great raritv, 
and are of special interest to the student of art, because their dates 
can be fixed by the names of the archons inscribed on them. 
Table Case F. 1. Select terracottas from the Cyrenaica and 
Southern Italy. 
2. Vase in the form of a helmeted female head. — Vulci. 
3. Amphora with moulded reliefs. — Blacas. 
Table Case H. 1. Ashos, ornamented with Medusa's head, Victories, 
female figures and horses. Canosa. Castellani. 
2. Krater: Ulysses and Diomedes surprising Dolon; a curious 
example of late grotesque drawing. 
Table Case I. 1. Krater: Birth of Pandora; Satyric revels; 
reverse, Dancing lesson; Satyrs playing at ball. — Apulia. 
2. Vase in shape of prow. 
3. A select case of terracottas. 
Table Case K. 1. Hydria : The carrying off of the Leukippidae, by 
Castor and Pollux ; Herakles in the Garden of the Hesperides. 
2. Krater : Battle of Centaurs and Lapithae ; toilet of Helen ; 
reverse, Dionysos, Satyrs, and Maenads. (Monumenti of the Boman 
Institute, 1854, pi. 16.) 
3. Hydria: Group of Triptolemos, Demeter, Hekate, and Plutos. 
(Monumenti of the Roman Institute, I. pi. 4.) 
Table Case L. 1. Amphora : The surprise of Thetis by Peleus ; a 
polychrome painting with some of the details picked out with gold. 
This picture, remarkable for masterly drawing, is one of the few 
extant examples where gold has been combined with several colours 
in fictile art ; reverse, Bacchus, Ariadne, a Satyr ; a monochrome 
design. This exquisite specimen of ceramography was found at 
Kameiros, in Rhodes. 
2. Krater : Death of Hippolytos. — Temple. 
3. Krater: The hunt of the Calydonian boar. — Pourtales, 
Table Case M. 1. Krater: Taking of Troy; Ajax Oileus seizing 
Cassandra at the altar of Athene; reverse, Meeting of two heroes. — 
Blacas. 
2. Krater : Offerings at the tomb of a hero. 
3. A vase moulded in the shape of a duck, with reliefs. — Pourtales. 
Table Case N. 1. Krater: Sacrifice of Iphigenia. — Pourtales. 
2. Krater : Mourners bringing offerings to a tomb ; reverse, Satyrs 
and Maenads. — Temple. 
3. Select terracotta figures of actors. 
Table Case 0. I. Amphora of black ware,, with painted and 
moulded ornaments. — Temple. 
2. Amphora: Meeting of Pelops and Hippodamia at the altar of 
Zeus. — ttuvo. 
