PLATE IV
1. Plouton
Plouton (Hades), with a lofty kalathos on his head, is seated on a throne, grasping a sceptre in his left hand, and letting his right rest on one of the heads of Kerberos. On either side of him are Kastor and Polydeukes, each standing beside his horse. From a convex sardonyx (A. Furtwängler, Antike Gemmen, i, Plate XLIV, Fig. 4). See pp. 142-43, 233 ff.
2. Apollo and Marsyas
Apollo with a plektron in one hand and a lyre in the other is standing at his ease to the right. Seated beside him on the skin of a lion or a panther, and bound with his back to a bare tree, is Marsyas, bearing all the marks of his semi-bestial nature. A flute-case hangs from a branch on the tree. Kneeling at the feet of Apollo the boy Olympos (who does not figure in the myth as narrated in the text) seems to be pleading with the god to spare the Satyr's life. From a cut carnelian in Naples (A. Furtwängler, Antike Gemmen, i, Plate XLII, Fig. 28). See p. 181.
3. Head of Alexander
A diadem, knotted behind the head, can be seen binding the thick wavy hair. Just over the ear is the horn of Ammon. From a coin of Lysimachos, 335-280 b.c. (P. Gardiner, The Types of Greek Coins, Plate XII, No. 16). See pp. 223-24.
4. Persephone
The head of the goddess seems to be bound by a thin band of wheat-straw. The dolphins indicate not only that Syracuse is situated on the sea, but also that she is the mistress of it. From a coin of Syracuse, 385-280 b.c. (P. Gardiner, The Types of Greek Coins, Plate XI, No. 29). See pp. 227 ff.
5. Zeus and Dione
Zeus is here depicted with the earth goddess Dione, his wife at Dodona in Epeiros, the site of his oracular oak. From a coin of Epeiros, 280-146 b.c. (P. Gardiner, The Types of Greek Coins, Plate XII, No. 44). See p. 156.
6. Pan
Pan, in the guise of a young hunter, is seated on a rocky ledge of a mountain holding a lagobolon (hunting-club) in his right hand. At his feet lies his syrinx, the so-called pipes of Pan. From an Arkadian coin, 431-371 b.c. (P. Gardiner, The Types of Greek Coins, Plate VIII, No. 32). See pp. 267-68.
