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Hoplos (Όπλος'?), Lapith auf einem rotfigur. den Kampf der Lapithen und Kentauren darstellenden Krater im Britischen Museum; vgl. Catalogue of the Greek and Etrusc. Vases in the Brit. Mus. Vol. II nr. 1266 p. 16f.: „the Centaur Asbolos striking on the breast the Laphith Hoplos with the sharp root of a pine-tree; the Centaur wears an ivy wreath, he is bald on the forehead, his beard is long and shaggy, his hair falls in long tresses; the Lapith is falling before him; blood flows abundantly from his wound; his face is turned to the front; he is armed with a Corinthian, crested helmet, an Argolic buckler, and a sword, which he holds in his right hand, his hair falls over his shoulders in long tresses; on the inside of his shield a honeysuckle ornament Vgl. Hopleus und Hoplon. [Boscker.] .

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