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Vases and Terracottas in Boston: Recent Acquisitions

Cornelius Vermeule

Classical Journal. (Nov., 1968) pp. 49-67

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[535 words] painter, vases, vase, attic, beazley, amphora, athens, louvre, arv2, red-figured, krater, hydria, corinthian, boston, fragment, collection, painters, black-figured, lekythos, attributed, band, red-figure, early, painted, steiner, payne, black-figure, kylix, verlag, gmbh

[227 words] pattern, decoration, design, lines, painted, white, decorated, leaves, border, band, panel, ornament, black, bands, motif, central, panels, dots, lower, upper, patterns, palmette, designs, incised, decorative, motifs, palmettes, double, frieze, center

[173 words] scene, seated, relief, scenes, woman, holding, standing, shield, behind, holds, vase, stands, front, hands, female, representations, representation, spear, youth, wears, composition, male, painting, warrior, wearing, altar, reliefs, goddess, dionysos, frieze

[137 words] hair, face, body, neck, front, eyes, legs, drapery, heads, lower, shoulder, nose, folds, upper, slightly, forehead, arms, mouth, female, short, shoulders, piece, relief, beard, chiton, broken, ears, behind, feet, wears

[70 words] etruscan, etruria, tomb, etruscans, mirror, mirrors, tombs, italy, urns, poggio, civitate, florence, bronze, caere, italic, pallottino, cista, tarquinia, tomba, archaic, chiusi, terracotta, bronzes, vulci, bucchero, early, paestum, tarquinii, terracottas, sixth

[54 words] pottery, grave, vases, ware, shape, vessels, graves, geometric, early, decoration, bowls, sherds, shapes, fragments, period, wares, tomb, burial, painted, cups, pots, burials, bowl, decorated, vessel, jars, pieces, vase, handles, protogeometric

[42 words] eyes, thou, your, night, earth, away, heart, thee, blood, forth, love, simile, sleep, beauty, tears, mind, poet, lines, heaven, hands, comes, words, gods, song, water, face, sound, passage, dark, sweet

[39 words] himself, young, ever, whom, every, your, days, things, mind, wrote, spirit, enough, something, true, famous, friend, words, youth, country, poet, knew, high, become, love, take, poor, name, story, master, living

[37 words] heracles, herakles, lion, hero, theseus, perseus, serpent, bull, deianeira, snake, centaur, hercules, boar, gorgon, medusa, snakes, centaurs, monster, deianira, shield, andromeda, giant, hydra, myth, amphitryon, hyllus, club, eurystheus, lions, geryon

[35 words] role, context, image, contrast, sense, narrative, audience, reader, text, power, language, theme, images, function, traditional, reading, imagery, himself, becomes, makes, central, literary, complex, focus, meaning, perspective, status, level, process, emphasis

[35 words] body, handle, foot, glaze, base, fragment, neck, diam, clay, black, shoulder, handles, bowl, reserved, inside, lower, fragments, wall, slightly, upper, bottom, band, vertical, ring, shape, glazed, flat, interior, horizontal, diameter

[34 words] inscription, tomb, tombs, fragments, bronze, objects, temple, stone, vases, marble, relief, inscribed, period, graves, statue, coins, early, grave, monument, representing, necropolis, fourth_century, terra-cotta, reliefs, containing, sixth, finds, pottery, insc, belonging

[31 words] period, early, development, influence, forms, developed, earliest, tradition, stage, beginning, became, become, changes, periods, characteristic, process, result, tendency, greater, true, sixth, introduced, throughout, marked, fourth, stages, longer, began, fifth_century, simple

[30 words] agora, lamps, hesperia, amphora, thompson, athens, pottery, hellenistic, amphoras, terracotta, athenian_agora, attic, deposit, lamp, early, corinthian, corinth, stamp, stamped, _4th_century, stamps, clay, bowls, fragments, handles, _2nd_century, jars, terracottas, _3rd_century, pieces

[26 words] statue, statues, marble, athena, athens, relief, bronze, parthenon, reliefs, base, sculptures, frieze, archaic, olympia, richter, sculptor, pediment, statuette, sculptors, fifth_century, apollo, attic, works, aphrodite, hellenistic, fourth_century, nike, hermes, torso, ridgway

[25 words] greeks, greece, peoples, cities, early, land, strabo, egypt, asia_minor, name, island, city, eastern, region, italy, islands, country, native, inhabitants, geographical, western, tribes, coast, tradition, northern, mediterranean, asia, civilization, romans, population

[23 words] language, words, effect, literary, poet, expression, tone, contrast, speech, passages, reader, manner, poetry, himself, rhetorical, passage, dramatic, prose, poetic, uses, technique, lines, characteristic, theme, writing, treatment, makes, serious, kind, familiar

[23 words] comments, suggestions, helpful, anonymous, help, version, advice, draft, assistance, valuable, referee, express, gratitude, referees, encouragement, professors, provided, reading, criticism, seminar, criticisms, generous, humanities, drafts, grant, colleagues, acknowledge, classics, delivered, errors

[21 words] horse, horses, chariot, rider, chariots, charioteer, wheel, mules, donkey, mule, animal, animals, donkeys, reins, wheels, riders, driver, riding, charioteers, yoke, vehicle, pole, speed, quadriga, mares, equids, mane, mounted, breeding, oxen

[20 words] mycenaean, cyprus, pottery, aegean, period, mycenae, early, cycladic, mainland, tombs, bronze_age, greece, cyclades, tomb, crete, blegen, cypriot, tiryns, minoan, troy, late_helladic, figurines, iiib, graves, cypriote, late_bronze_age, lerna, wace, grave, middle_helladic

[19 words] white, black, clay, brown, color, gray, fabric, ware, yellow, slip, dark, paint, buff, coarse, painted, reddish, inclusions, burnished, exterior, bowl, interior, core, fragment, green, fragments, glaze, blue, sherd, base, hard

[19 words] collection, information, athens, done, knowledge, received, collections, objects, carried, completed, valuable, investigation, progress, devoted, country, task, service, hope, greece, visit, sent, every, volume, gave, soon, museums, value, german, full, future

[18 words] dance, music, song, dancing, chorus, lyre, musical, performance, songs, singing, dances, choral, sing, dancers, dithyramb, aulos, sung, performed, instrument, flute, dancer, muses, solo, voice, lawler, opera, choruses, hymn, dithyrambic, lillian

[17 words] games, athletic, contest, olympia, contests, victory, race, festival, festivals, athletes, victor, game, athletics, victors, wrestling, stadium, prize, events, olympic, gardiner, competition, pausanias, athlete, boxing, prizes, circus, gladiatorial, olympic_games, spectators, victories

[14 words] achilles, iliad, hector, agamemnon, homer, troy, ajax, odysseus, patroclus, priam, homeric, diomedes, trojans, greeks, nestor, battle, hero, trojan, heroes, thetis, poet, menelaus, zeus, achilleus, epic, warrior, achaeans, heroic, fight, hektor

[14 words] analysis, sources, understanding, individual, information, context, questions, literary, texts, development, role, provide, structure, aspects, early, basic, complex, traditional, range, provides, data, function, significant, patterns, process, useful, pattern, attempt, limited, techniques

[14 words] animals, animal, birds, fish, bird, dogs, sheep, species, eagle, hunting, fable, goat, lion, wild, beasts, goats, pliny, wolf, cattle, swallow, creatures, hunt, deer, bones, lions, cock, young, aristotle, nightingale, simile

[13 words] context, simply, position, hypothesis, argued, text, makes, claim, explain, suggestion, correct, grounds, reasons, alternative, actually, argue, moreover, attempt, surely, obvious, accept, argues, unlikely, enough, issue, sense, passage, presumably, difficulties, plausible

[12 words] orestes, agamemnon, chorus, oedipus, play, electra, aeschylus, clytemnestra, antigone, sophocles, creon, scene, euripides, apollo, aegisthus, cassandra, murder, audience, action, eteocles, lines, oresteia, iphigenia, troy, sacrifice, curse, hecuba, eumenides, thebes, city

[11 words] story, myth, ovid, apollo, stories, myths, version, tale, legend, metamorphoses, narrative, mythological, episode, tradition, phaethon, metamorphosis, versions, rape, daedalus, daughter, told, mythical, birth, theseus, aphrodite, pelops, hymn, zeus, tales, name

[11 words] portrait, portraits, relief, reliefs, sarcophagus, statue, bust, imperial, statues, hellenistic, sarcophagi, aphrodisias, painting, scenes, marble, ara_pacis, frieze, iconography, images, panel, early, heads, monument, trajan, zanker, portraiture, period, busts, panels, villa

[10 words] building, city, early, excavated, period, buildings, finds, walls, pottery, complex, town, hellenistic, revealed, structures, located, architectural, byzantine, periods, built, construction, occupation, sanctuary, structure, houses, plan, uncovered, around, tombs, along, wadi

[9 words] bronze, gold, objects, silver, iron, metal, ivory, ring, beads, rings, pieces, glass, tomb, stone, sword, object, handle, vessels, grave, wooden, weapons, blade, swords, jewelry, collection, shape, piece, bronzes, bowl, helmet

[8 words] speech, words, himself, speaker, audience, lines, situation, scene, action, address, makes, line, speak, asks, addressed, response, begins, take, effect, immediately, reply, comes, your, speaking, speaks, moment, advice, beginning, passage, questions

[8 words] block, blocks, upper, edge, bottom, face, holes, stone, length, lower, height, base, front, hole, wide, width, cutting, sides, diameter, feet, broken, vertical, corner, high, ends, edges, position, along, flat, slightly

[8 words] athens, acropolis, agora, wall, tower, city, gate, towers, attica, hesperia, pausanias, walls, plan, piraeus, hill, travlos, judeich, greece, built, eleusis, athenian, dorpfeld, akropolis, fortifications, circuit, pnyx, wycherley, athenian_agora, fortification, thompson

[8 words] love, himself, fear, anger, passion, moral, violence, suicide, punishment, desire, woman, herself, contrast, suffering, makes, victim, gods, evil, power, pity, shame, fate, situation, grief, cause, violent, behavior, becomes, theme, madness

[7 words] text, reading, readings, manuscripts, manuscript, edition, error, errors, tradition, scribe, correct, editors, archetype, variants, omitted, emendation, corrected, correction, variant, passages, written, corrections, omission, source, apparatus, corruption, texts, editions, conjecture, copied

[7 words] mind, power, true, sense, moral, truth, knowledge, things, idea, ideal, experience, himself, divine, spirit, individual, ideas, natural, conception, expression, reality, real, feeling, vision, attitude, toward, every, intellectual, beauty, something, action

[7 words] euripides, play, sophocles, aeschylus, plays, tragedy, chorus, drama, dramatic, tragic, ajax, prometheus, greek_tragedy, scene, stage, audience, euripidean, action, antigone, lines, tragedies, medea, oedipus, actor, poet, choral, bacchae, electra, characters, actors

[6 words] athens, athenian, athenians, thucydides, fleet, ships, persian, battle, herodotus, persians, salamis, spartans, greeks, thuc, spartan, sparta, marathon, samos, diodorus, aegina, allies, themistocles, revolt, sent, naval, island, persia, chios, tissaphernes, victory

[6 words] apollo, cult, zeus, temple, athena, pausanias, delphi, sanctuary, athens, oracle, artemis, shrine, sacred, altar, demeter, poseidon, goddess, festival, paus, name, dedicated, statue, athenian, hero, aphrodite, delos, cults, inscription, dedication, city

[5 words] hair, dress, worn, weaving, clothing, garment, purple, cloth, costume, wear, wearing, garments, loom, wool, women, clothes, cloak, textiles, toga, shoes, wore, linen, textile, woven, warp, tunic, robe, dressed, spinning, wild

[5 words] coins, coin, coinage, silver, reverse, bronze, mint, struck, hoard, obverse, issues, issue, bust, legend, numismatic, gold, denarius, uncertain, issued, hoards, mattingly, wreath, weight, minted, emperor, period, mints, athena, currency, denarii