MEANING AND STYLE OF THE RELIEFS.
Do the Attic reliefs refer to past or future life? 182. Line of
connexion with Spartan stelae, 182; the wine-cup, the pomegranate,
the cock, 183; the dove, the horse, 184; the dog, 185. Reliefs which
clearly refer to past life, 185. The δεξίωσις, 186. We must distinguish
between origin and meaning of reliefs, 187. Oblong reliefs refer to
the future, 188; in them Herakles and Dionysus sometimes present,
189. Style of archaic reliefs, 190; bear name of sculptor, 191. Lower
level of style in fifth-century reliefs, 191. Fourth-century reliefs
connected with the second Attic school of sculpture, 193.