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To Fletcher Norton went the four Greek vases a kylix, a water-jar, and two amphorae which he had sold to Cowperwood and which he valued highly.
[Illustration: FIG. 6. A kylix from the Berlin Museum of about 490 B. C. It bears the inscription ΣΟΣΙΑΣ Ε
Do you take an interest in antiques?" he broke off abruptly. "Yes though interest is a relative word too, I expect." "Quite so!" agreed the Brazilian. "I have rather a mania for that sort of thing, myself. Wait. Let me show you." And he went into the inner cabin. When he came back he held up an alabaster cup. "A Greek kylix!" he cried. "Pure Greek! What an outline, eh?
She read: "'When first the Father of the Immortals fashioned with his divine hands the human shape: "'An image first he made of red clay from Idâ, tempered with pure water from the stream of Xanthos, and wine from the golden kylix borne by beautiful Ganymede, and it was godlike to look upon as a thing fashioned by the hands of the god.
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