Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge [Eng.] The University Press · leaf 544
eally meant for the mouth of a great jar buried inthe ground. And how else should the vase-painter have indicated that it was leaky exceptby the naive expedient of adding dots to represent the leaks? with the mysteries 423 the supposition that by means of it the artist wished to suggest thepains… … Fig. 289. ^ The allusion i7iay^ of course, be to the punishment of the Danaides. But if so, oneor more of them would surely have been shown beside the pithos, as on the vases mentionedin the next paragraph. ^ (i) Hermitage (Stephani VasensammL St. Petersburgx. 223 ff. no. 424,…
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