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paintings, both curiousDenkmäler, pp. 83 f.. The firstFrom Gerhard, Ant. Bildw. Taf. 73. represents a group of three figures,—the central figure being an old man who has just doffed the mask of a young maiden,—while a guard, spear in hand, seizes him by the neck. This is explained as a comic parody of Antigone's story; she has sent an old servant to perform the task in her stead, and he, when confronted with Creon, drops his disguise. The other vase-paintingMon. Inst. X. 27.,—of perhaps c. 380-300 B.C.,—represents Heracles interceding with Creon, who is on the hero's right hand, while Antigone and Haemon are on his left. Eurydicè, Ismene, and a youth (perhaps Maion, the offspring of Antigone's marriage with Haemon) are also present. KlügmannAnn. Inst. 176, 1876. refers this picture to the lost play of Euripides. HeydemannSee footnote above, p. xxxviii, note 1 (3rd paragraph). (with more probability, I think) supposes it to represent a scene from an otherwise unknown drama, of whic