Nude males are frequently shown infibulated: not only athletes and komasts, but also Herakles.[23] On most nudes, the minor muscles and those of the abdomen are drawn with dilute glaze (Illustration 30). This in itself is unremarkable, but on the painter's figures the abdominal muscles are often quite noticeable, set off within a prominent oval, as on the boy on Tampa 86.73 (Illustration 31). Sometimes these muscles are tapered or foreshortened in an unsuccessful attempt to represent the twisting transition to a frontal chest; compare the boy on the other Tampa oinochoe (Tampa 86.72; Illustration 32).

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Ankles are normally indicated by a short, vertical line (Illustration 33), sometimes with a slight hook at the bottom (Illustration 34 and Illustration 35).

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Many women wear sakkoi, sometimes with a short flap covering the nape; e.g. the Nereid on Harvard 1960.339 (Illustration 36) and the seated woman on the hydria Tampa 86.70 (ARV2, 276, 70; Illustration 37). Several male gods wear embroidered chitons, while the folds of women's chitons range from the monotonous to the decorative; for the latter, note the combination of relief lines, dilute lines, embroidered dots, and dilute wash on the chiton of the Nereid on Harvard 1960.339 (Illustration 38).

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