History of Ancient Pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 702 — Chapter IV · USES AND SHAPES OF GREEK VASES (continued 2)

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xi. 500 E. In the temple of Apollo at Branchidae there were παλίμποτοι, τραγέλαφοι, πρότομοι, with dedicatory inscriptions to Apollo and Artemis; evidently rhyta of this kind (Boeckh, C.I.G. ii. 2852). An example in the B.M. (F 431) ends in the heads of a boar and dog conjoined.

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