The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ight tryingto find out what sort of bird it could be. To this JEschylusreplies that it was known as a device painted upon ships; andEuripides adds that it was a figure such as was often representedon Median tapestry. Aristophanes generally qualifies it with theepithet £ov66s, or tawny. 3 This ehimaera has also been foundon ancient gems, and recently on a cornelian from Arezzo. Itwas used also as a device on shields, for so it is represented ona warriors buckler on an amphora from It is strange to find so ancient and classical an origin for our 1
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ight tryingto find out what sort of bird it could be. To this JEschylusreplies that it was known as a device painted upon ships; andEuripides adds that it was a figure such as was often representedon Median tapestry. Aristophanes generally qualifies it with theepithet £ov66s, or tawny. 3 This ehimaera has also been foundon ancient gems, and recently on a cornelian from Arezzo. Itwas used also as a device on shields, for so it is represented ona warriors buckler on an amphora from It is strange to find so ancient and classical an origin for our 1 A description of some of the vases in Tax. collection is given by Heyclemanc, 3 See an article by F. Gr. Gamurrini, Bull. Inst. 1870, pp. 180—187. Ann. Inst. 1874, pp. 236—213. - Aristoph. Ran. 932, 937; Aves, 800 ; g 2 84 FIEENZE. [chap. xl. old friend of the nursery, and an illustration of the familiardoggrel in this fragment of Greek pottery, which may well date asfar back as the days of the great comedian of HIPPALECTRYON, OR COCK-HORSE, FROM A GREEK VASE. Unpainted Pottery. Third Room.—Case I. contains a mould of a prett}r femaleface, found at Orvieto, with a cast from it, together with someearly red dishes from Cervetri, a number of archaic figures ofhousehold gods from various sites, and votive offerings of limbs,eyes, breasts, and other portions of the human frame, as well asrepresentations of domestic animals and cattle, all in Case II. is a collection of black relieved pottery, of the latterdays of Etruria, of elegant forms and brilliant polish, imitations,for the most part, of vases in metal, some decorated with beautifulreliefs. Among them notice a graceful hrater, on the top shelf,adorned with vine-leaves and fruit in relief, and two phialoe, eachwith a spirited race of four quadrigae. Case III. contains speci-mens of the unglazed, uncoloured pottery recently found atOrvieto, plain in material, but of elegant shapes, and dec
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