History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp)
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History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)
Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp)
Mythology, Classical, in art; Pottery, Ancient; Pottery, Etruscan; Pottery, Greek; Pottery, Roman
(1) Munich 849 = _Wiener Vorl._ E. pl. 1 = Reinach, i. 258
(2) Naples 3222 = ” pl. 2 = ” i. 167
(3) Karlsruhe 388 = ” pl. 3, 1 = ” i. 108
(4) Naples S.A. 709 = ” pl. 3, 2 = ” i. 455
(5) Petersburg 424 = ” pls. 4 and
5, 1 = ” i. 355
(6) Petersburg 426 = ” pl. 6, 2 = ” i. 479
No. (1) is reproduced in Plate LII. On a smaller scale, or fragmentary,
are the following:—
(7) Petersburg 498 = _Wiener Vorl._ E. pl. 5, 2
(8) B.M. F 270 = ” pl. 6, 1 = Reinach, i. 356
(9) Karlsruhe 256 = ” pl. 6, 3 = ” i. 455
(10) Jatta Coll. 1094 = ” pl. 6, 4 = ” i. 356
(11) Naples S.A. 11 = ” pl. 6, 5 = ” i. 401
There are also three B.F. vases having reference to the under-world,
though in the first two cases it is probable that the scene relates to
the return of Persephone (see p. 28), the accompanying figure of
Sisyphos only being introduced to mark the locality:—
(12) B.M. B 261 (Hades, Persephone, Hermes, Sisyphos).
(13) Munich 728 = _Wiener Vorl._ E. pl. 6, 6 = Reinach, ii. 48 (similar
scene).
(14) Berlin 1844 (Persephone and Sisyphos only).
On the Apulian vases there is usually in the centre a pillared building
representing the palace of Hades, in which he and his spouse stand or
sit; round this are grouped various figures and episodes connected with
the nether regions: Herakles carrying off Kerberos[829]; Orpheus with
his lyre, sometimes accompanied by Eurydike[830]; persons undergoing
punishment, such as Sisyphos with his rock[831]; Tantalos threatened
with a rock, not as in the usual legend suffering from thirst[832]; the
Danaids with their hydriae[833]; and Theseus and Peirithoös sitting
with their hands bound behind them.[834] In one instance a Fury, at the
instance of Hades and Hekate, is binding one, the other having already
entered on his punishment[835]; in another we see Theseus liberated and
about to depart from his friend (see below, p. 111).[836]
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