Note 241 — Chapter V · EURIPIDES AND VASE PAINTING
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The two wall paintings published by Overbeck, Bildwerke. pl. 30, nos. 31 and 14, and interpreted as representing this same moment, have since been explained by Petersen, Arch. Ztg. 1863, p. 113 ff., as belonging to the Alkestis. While the former view has been generally given up, the latter has not by any means been everywhere accepted. It is, at most, probable.