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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 400065, member: 5833&quot;]Interesting, but incoherent.</p><p><br /></p><p>The goddess Diana/Artemis, wearing too much clothing to go chasing through the woodland; a priest &amp; a sacrificial fire.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139234[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A man wearing a panther skin &amp; playing an aulos; a woman playing a lyre or kithara, plucking the strings with both hands while the instrument stays in the air without support.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139235[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A woman in an ambiguous posture, possibly meant to be dancing; a man in a drunken posture, leaning on a thyrsus.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Photo of the last duo is not as good as the others, so having a little trouble with it.&nbsp; At first couldn&#039;t figure what to make of the woman on the left, but with further examination, think she is an Amazon; opposite a warrior with a shield &amp; sword?&nbsp; This is the one spot there is a hint of a story: echos of Achilles &amp; Penthesilea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139237[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The piper, the dancer &amp; definitely the drunk guy all fit with a scene of a bacchanale, although only the aulos player is really dressed appropriately.&nbsp; The lyre doesn&#039;t belong; usually the accompaniment to the pipes is provided by percussion instruments.&nbsp; The lyre/kithara, appropriate to Apollo, is also played by the Muses Erato &amp; Terpsichore.&nbsp; I choose to see it as Terpsichore when the figure is on her feet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Put it together &amp; what have you got?&nbsp; Bibbity bobbity boo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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