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[Sidenote: =722.=]
Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch with a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated near the foot of the couch with her left hand raised to her veil. On the right is a boy in a short tunic, perhaps holding a kyathos. On the left is a girl who is standing, and seems to be holding a vase. The relief is surmounted by a pediment.
Inscribed: [Greek: Hermias Athanionos]. Hermias, son of Athenion.--_Athens._ _Strangford Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5 inches; width, 10 inches. _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CXVI.; _Arch. Anzeiger_, 1864, p.
164*; Pervanoglu, _Familienmahl_, p. 15, No. 5.
[Sidenote: =723.=]
Relief with banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his left hand; with the right hand he holds a wreath on his head. Before him is a table with food. The legs of the table terminate above in the form of swans' heads. Above is an olive wreath, containing the words [Greek: Ho demos]; also a pediment, having acroteria, and containing a rosette.
Inscribed:
[Greek: Ho demos Lenaion Artemidorou kai to prin en polemois teron pyrgon, parodita, kai nyn tereso, hos dynamai, nekys on.]
The 'tower' which Lenaios undertakes to defend in death has been conjectured to be the Dipylon gate at Athens, whence the relief was probably obtained.
Bluish Greek marble; height, 3 feet 11-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches. _Rhein. Mus. N.F._ 1848, p. 82; Kaibel, 111.
[Sidenote: =724.=]
Sculptured pedestal. On the front is a relief of a banquet. A man reclines on a couch, with a table of food before him. He holds a bowl in his left hand, and clasps with his right hand the hand of a woman who is seated at the foot of the couch. A boy stands on the left. A wreath is carved on the pilaster to the right of the relief, which probably contained the inscription: [Greek: Ho demos].
Inscribed: [Greek: h.e.l.lanion Ta.r.s.eus], h.e.l.lanion of Tarsus. On the right and left ends the pedestal is adorned with pediments. Above, it is roughly worked to fit the plinth of a statue.--_Xanthos?_ _Presented by J. Scott Tucker, Esq., R.N._
Bluish-grey marble; height, 2 feet 1/4 inch; width, 2 feet 7 inches. _Arch. Anzeiger_, 1851, p. 128; Pervanoglu, _Familienmahl_, p. 34, No. 113.
[Sidenote: =725.=]
Fragment of relief, with banquet. The upper half is wanting. A man reclines on a couch, and holds a bowl and a rhyton (?), which were perhaps of bronze attached, in the left and right hands respectively.
A woman sits on the end of the couch. On the right is a diminutive male figure with the hands clasped. On the left is a girl, who stands leaning against the foot of the couch, and holds an ivy-leaf fan in her left hand.--_Halicarna.s.sos._
Marble; height, 1 foot 2 inches; width, 2 feet.
[Sidenote: =726.=]
Relief with banquet and serpent. A man fully draped, reclines on a couch, with a bowl in his left hand. Before the couch is a table with provisions. A woman is seated on a stool by the foot of the couch. In her left hand she extends a bowl from which a serpent is drinking.
The serpent is coiled about the trunk of a tree. On the right is a diminutive male figure standing by a crater; on the left is a female figure holding a box.--_Found in a store at Portsmouth._ _Probably from Smyrna._
Bluish marble; height, 1 foot 10-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =727.=]
Fragment of a relief with banquet and serpent. A man reclines on a couch holding a bowl in his left hand. A woman is seated on a chair by the head of the couch. A snake issues from under the chair and approaches the woman. One arm of the chair is supported by a figure of a Sphinx. The heads of both figures are wanting of _Mytilene_.
Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10-1/2 inches. Conze, _Lesbos_, p. 10, Note 3, No. 3.
[Sidenote: =728.=]
Relief with banquet and serpent. A figure, apparently that of a man, reclines on a couch. He has long hair, and a closely-fitting chiton, and holds a cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with food, towards which he extends his right hand. A woman is seated on the foot of the couch, and gives drink from a bowl to a serpent. On the right a boy has drawn wine from a crater with a jug, and is offering a bowl to the reclining figure. Behind is a stair-like series of shelves, on which stand several vessels. On the left a woman raises her right hand with a gesture as of adoration. Above, a horse's head is seen looking through an opening. The relief is bounded by two Ionic columns surmounted by a flat arch.--_Naucratis._ _Presented by the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1886._
Limestone, with traces of red paint; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width 1 foot 8-1/2 inches. Gardner, _Naukratis_, II., p. 22.
[Sidenote: =729.=]
Fragment of relief, with banquet and serpent. The fragment contains the upper part of a male figure, wearing a polos, reclining on a couch, holding a cup in the left hand, and having a table before him.
A snake is coiled about one leg of the table.--_Mytilene._
Marble; height, 1 foot 3/4 inch; width, 7 inches. Conze, _Lesbos_, p. 10, Note 3, No. 2.
[Sidenote: =730.=]
Fragment of relief, with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch.
Before him is a table with food. He has a rhyton in his right hand and a cup in his left hand.
Marble; height, 11 inches; width, 10 inches.
[Sidenote: =731.=]
Fragment of relief with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch between two columns, with a bowl in his right hand. A table with cups stands before the couch.--_Thasos._ _Strangford Coll._
Marble; height, 9 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches.
[Sidenote: =732.=]
Fragment of relief with banquet. A male figure, whose legs alone are preserved, reclines on a couch. Before him is a table with food. A woman, whose lower limbs are alone preserved, is seated on a chair at the foot of the couch. A small draped figure of a youth is on the right, and there are remains of the figure of a girl on the left.
Marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 2 feet 6 inches.
[Sidenote: =733.=]
Relief with banquet. A man, bearded, reclines on a couch, and holds up a rhyton in his right hand. Before him is a table with food. A woman is seated on the couch, and raises with the left hand a fold of her peplos. On the left a boy draws wine from a large crater. The head of a horse is seen at an opening. A round s.h.i.+eld hangs on the wall. The relief is bounded by two pilasters and an entablature.--_Excavated by Mr. Wood at Ephesus._
Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 7-1/2 inches; width, 2 feet 2-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =734.=]
Relief with banquet. A portrait figure of an old man, whose head is bound with a taenia, reclines on a couch with a two-handled cup in his left hand. Before him is a table with pomegranate fruits and other food. A portrait figure of a woman is seated near the foot of the couch, with her left hand raised to her veil. A boy in a short tunic stands on the right, and holds a kyathos for drawing wine; a rhyton and a vase are seen above his head. A girl kneels on the left below the seat of the woman; a dog lies between the legs of the table.--_Townley Coll._
Greek marble; high relief. The upper part is wanting. Height 1 foot 8-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, X., pl.
49, fig. 2.
[Sidenote: =735.=]
Relief with banquet. A male figure reclines on a couch, before which is a table with provisions. A woman is seated on a stool at the foot of the couch with her hand raised to her chin.
Inscribed: [Greek: ....nou chaire].--_Cyzicus._ _Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890._
