Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03

in the vases produced in Attica.
Greece. According to the disposition OF
the colors two styles were distinguished
in the painting Of the potteries of this
period-the 'bIack-figured" and the
"red-fgured" style. In the former.
which lasted until about the year 500
Be-. the designs were painted in black.
silhouettelike, on red ground; in the
latter the design stood out in red color
against the black glaze which covered
the remaining surface of the vase
These two kinds of vases are sometimes
called "Etruscan." because great num-
bers of them have been found in the
tombs Of Etruria. but nearly all Of
them were made in Greece, at least in
the fifth century. and all the finer vases
discovered in Etruria are of Athenian
, The majority Of the pieces Of pottery
in the exhibit at the museum bear
scenes in which athletes figure promi-
nently. A handsome amphora, which
was used at that time to hold liquids
as we'll as grain. and which is always
egg shaped In form. has on one of its
sides a victor in athletic games, &C
companied by proud faced friends. He
Judge Of the game. On the other side
there is a group of men in conversa-
ton. among them the god Hernes
MERCURY, warrior and nearby dog.
The purport of this scene is not known,
but it Is a Greek work of the sixth
century, b. G. The coloring Of this vase
is very beautiful, the body Of it being
black, the background of the figures
light brown and the figures themselves
black and lavender.
On smaller amphora is shown a
satyr and a maenad. belonging to the
train OF Dionysus (Bacchus), the god
Of wine, playing. The combined
colors of this piece are orange, black
and white.
Love scenes, too. find their places on
| the pottery. On one side of crater.
a bowl which was used for mixing
water with wine before serving it in
cups to guests at banquets, is shown
a lovely Greek maiden holding a fan
and a wreath. A youth is bending over
her attentively. as he talks. On the OPP
posite side is another fond pair. both
holding large wreath. Just what the
scene signifies has not been discover
ed. 1t Is a Greek work of the fourth
century BIC.
Boxing matches mustshave been con-
Quoted In a queer and rather unfair
fashion in the early days, according
to scene on another amphora shown.
Two nude boxers are pitting their
strength. One of them Is very tall and
extremely thin. while the other>i is very
short and very fat 1t looks very much
as though the tall fellow would mere
ly have to tap the little one on the
nose ana tip him over to become vic
tor of the bout.
Many of the beautiful pieces of pot
terry are broken. only portions of them
having been found. One such frag
ment. which is part of kylix
(chalice). a favorite drinking cup at
Danquets. shows, on the left, Silenus.
belonging to the train of Dionysus, and
a chariot on the right, Athene Miner
va) mounting chariot which Is being
harnessed by two youths, one Erich
thonius, the mythical inventor of the
chariot, and the other companion.
This is some of the work of the school
of Epictetus, which fourished in Greece
in the latter part of the sixth century
BIC.
One is given an idea of the strange
wearing apparel of men in the early
centuries from the figures on the frag-