[315]. The Theban Cycle was handled in the Θηβαΐς and the Οἰδιπόδεια, from which the tragedians probably drew their material. For the subject in the fifth century B.C. vid. Benndorfs Heroon von Gjölbaschi, p. 187 ff. and pl. 24. A1–A5. Kapaneus’ catastrophe in attempting to storm the walls was often shown. Cf. Wiener Vorlegeblätter, 1889, pl. 11, nos. 13, 14, 16, 17. The death of Amphiaraos was another popular story. Cf. Wiener Vorlegeblätter, 1889, pl. 11. 8. 15. There are many interesting monuments which represent the conference of the chiefs before the assault. Cf. especially the famous Etruscan gem with inscriptions naming Polyneikes, Amphiaraos, Adrastos, Tydeus, and Parthenopaios; pub. Wiener Vorlegeblätter, 1889, pl. 11. 5; Baumeister, Denkmäler, iii. no. 1839, no. 369 in Bilderheft. An Etruscan mirror, Gerhard, Etruskische Spiegel, ii. pl. 178, gives Adrastos, Amphiaraos, and Tydeus.

[316]. Brit. Mus., vase cat. vol. iv. G 104. Pub. ibid. pl. 16. Cf. Class. Review, 1894, p. 325.

[317]. The fratricide, so common on the Etruscan urns, is rare on Greek monuments. (1) The group was on the Kypselos Chest (Paus. 5. 19, 6). (2) Pythagoras worked the brothers in marble (vid. Overbeck, Schriftquellen, no. 501). (3) One group on the Heroön from Gjölbaschi, cf. Benndorf, op. cit. pl. 24. A. 3. There are thirty urns representing the scene: vid. Körte, I rilievi delle urne etrusche, ii. pl. 8–20, and 36, and supplement. p. 261 ff. Cf. further Overbeck’s Bildwerke, pl. 5 and 6. An Etruscan mirror, which shows a composition remarkably like that in the inside of the Penthesileia kylix (Munich, no. 370, pub. Overbeck, Bildwerke, pl. 17. 3), and must be from a fifth century pattern, is perhaps the oldest of the extant representations. Vid. Gerhard, Etruskische Spiegel, v. pl. 95.

[318]. Brit. Mus., cat. iv. G 1051; pub. Wiener Vorlegeblätter, 1889, pl. 9. 13; Robert, Homerische Becher, p. 59; first correctly interpreted by Murray, Class. Rev. 1888, p. 328.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

  1. P. [xx], changed “Scenen euripideisher Tragödien in griechischen Vasengemälden” to “Scenen euripideischer Tragödien in griechischen Vasengemälden”.
  2. P. [128], changed “In her left close by her side” to “In her left hand close by her side”.
  3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  4. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed.
  5. Footnotes were re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.