Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 544
meant for the mouth of a great jar buried inthe ground. And how else should the vase-painter have indicated that it was leaky except!by the naive expedient of adding dots to represent the leaks? ith th< ne mysteries 423 the supposition that by means of it the artist wished to suggest thepains… … Fig. 289. 1 The allusion may, of course, be to the punishment of the Danaides. But if so, oneor more of them would surely have been shown beside the piihos, as on the vases mentionedin the next paragraph. 2 (1) Hermitage (Stephani Vasensamml. St. Petersburgi. 223 ff. no. 424, Raoul-RochetteMonumens…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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