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1032 Art objects

1. New York (NY), Market, Emmerich: PELIKE; ACHELOOS PAINTER; YOUTH IN CHITON PLAYING KITHARA BETWEEN SEATED JUDGES, YOUTH IN CHITON PLAYING PIPES BETWEEN SEATED JUDGES [Beazley Archive Vase] (7.68)

2. Mississippi 1977.3.117: Early Classical; Attic Red Figure, White Ground; Lekythos; Artemis with a fawn. [Vase] (7.30)

3. Cambridge, Seltmann: NECK-AMPHORA; SACRIFICE, DRAPED YOUTH WITH OINOCHOE AND MAN IN PATTERNED CHITON WITH KANTHAROS AND FRUIT (?) [Beazley Archive Vase] (7.30)

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44 Images

1. Louvre F 201: Detail of neck, side B, right: a maenad, wearing a short-sleeved, belted chiton, with an overfold, dancing to the right, with her head turned profile to the left [Image] (4.54)

2. Louvre G 477: View of side B, from below: a woman standing in 3/4-view to the right, in front of a klismos (chair), wearing a himation over a chiton, holds a unidentifiable object in her left hand; she faces another woman, who stands 3/4-view to the left, and reaches her right hand our in front of her; an Ionic column divides this woman from a third woman, who, dressed similarly to the first two, but also wears a sakkos on her head, stands in a frontal view, with her head turned profile to the left, and raises her arms, as if in fright [Image] (3.84)

3. Boston 27.719: On the flat, a warrior running and looking round, with spear, shield, chiton, and helmet [Image] (3.07)

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3 Reference articles

1. chiton [Reference article in Perseus Encyclopedia] (12.01)

2. Chiton [Reference article in Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)] (4.06)

3. CHITON [Reference article in A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte)] (4.04)

4 Texts

1. (in English) Seated goddess, probably Demeter, on a high-backed throne, her hands on her knees. She wears a chiton and the himation drawn over her head. The clay is orange-brown and a considerable amount of the red pigment still remains. / Ht.8.9 / Terracotta / One corner of throne chipped. Slight surface encrustation. [Text] (1.76)

2. Villa-Giulia Painter; Villa-Giulia Painter; (in English) Side A: Dionysus pursuing maenad. Dionysus is wreathed and bearded. He is naked apart from a cloak over the left arm. The female is dressed in chiton and cloak and moves towards right but looks back over her shoulder at the man. Side B: A man (trainer) r., dressed in cloak, holds a stick in his right hand. A naked athlete moves towards r., but looks back at the trainer. The athlete holds a jumping weight in his right hand. Strip of meander for base-line on both sides. Strip of double palmettes to frame picture above. Wide strap handles ribbed down the centre. Double palmettes painted on the lower part of the handle, extending onto the pot. The inside of the mouth and neck are painted to a depth of ca. 10cm. Outside of base is reserved. / Ht.33 / Red-figure ware / The surface has deteriorated, especially in the lower part of the vessel where brush marks are clearly visible. There is extensive repainting on the lower parts of the figures. / Repaired and restored. [Text] (0.85)

3. (in English) A figurine of Artemis, the divine huntress, standing modelled on a tall plinth. She wears a chiton with overfall covered by the himation, the later draped over her polos. She carries a spear in the crook of her left arm. / 23.8cm / Terracotta / Modelled clay with large oval vent-hole / Complete / Decorated: Pale orange clay with some darker patination. / Theme: Artemis the huntress with spear and hound. [Text] (0.70)

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