181. Canopic jar in bronze-plated _Mus. Ital._ chair 305
182. Etruscan alphabet, from a vase _Dennis_ 312
183. Terracotta sarcophagus in _Dennis_ Brit. Mus. 318
184. Painted terracotta slab in _Dennis_ Louvre 319
185. Askos of local Apulian fabric _Brit. Mus._ 326
186. Krater of “Peucetian” fabric _Notizie_ 328
187. Concrete wall at Rome _Middleton_ 338
188. Concrete wall faced with brick _Middleton_ 339
189. Concrete arch faced with brick _Middleton_ 339
190. Diagram of Roman wall- _Blümner_ construction 340
191. Roman terracotta antefix _Brit. Mus._ 343
192. Method of heating in Baths of _Middleton_ Caracalla 347
193. Flue-tile with ornamental patterns 348
195. Inscribed tile in Guildhall Museum 359
197. Mask with name of potter _Brit. Mus._ 377
198. Gaulish figure of Aphrodite _Blanchet_ 383
199. Gaulish figure of Epona _Blanchet_ 386
201. Terracotta coin-mould _Daremberg and Saglio_ 392
202. Lamp from the Esquiline _Ann. dell Inst._ 399
210. Lamp with signature of Fortis _Brit. Mus._ 424
212. Roman kiln at Heddernheim _Ann. dell’ Inst._ 444
214. Plan of kiln at Heiligenberg _Daremberg and Saglio_ 450
215. Section of ditto _Daremberg and Saglio_ 450
218. Arretine bowl in Boston: death _Philologus_ of Phaëthon 484
219. Arretine krater with Seasons _Brit. Mus._ 488
220. “Italian Megarian” bowl _Brit. Mus._ 491
224. Vase of St.-Rémy fabric _Déchelette_ 517
225. Vase of Aco, inscribed _Déchelette_ 518
226. Vase of Banassac fabric from _Mus. Borb._ Pompeii 525
227. Medallion from vase of _Brit. Mus._ Southern Gaul: scene from the _Cycnus_ 531
228. Medallion from vase: Atalanta _Gaz. Arch._ and Hippomedon 532
229. Jar from Germany, inscribed _Brit. Mus._ 537
230. Roman mortarium from _Brit. Mus._ Ribchester 551
CHAPTER XII _INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES_
Figured vases in ancient literature—Mythology and art—Relation of subjects on vases to literature—Homeric and dramatic themes and their treatment—Interpretation and classification of subjects—The Olympian deities—The Gigantomachia—The birth of Athena and other Olympian subjects—Zeus and kindred subjects—Hera—Poseidon and marine deities—The Eleusinian deities—Apollo and Artemis—Hephaistos, Athena, and Ares—Aphrodite and Eros—Hermes and Hestia.
The representation of subjects from Greek mythology or daily life on vases was not, of course, confined to fictile products. We know that the artistic instincts of the Greeks led them to decorate almost every household implement or utensil with ornamental designs of some kind, as well as those specially made for votive or other non-utilitarian purposes. But the fictile vases, from the enormous numbers which have been preserved, the extraordinary variety of their subjects, and the fact that they cover such a wide period, have always formed our chief artistic source of information on the subject of Greek mythology and antiquities.