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Volute-krater depicting the journey of Orpheus to the Underworld
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.Attributed to The Underworld Painter (by Trendall).
Clay. Ca. 330—310 BCE. Munich, State Antique CollectionPhoto by Egisto Sani
Volute-krater depicting the journey of Orpheus to the Underworld.
Red-figured volute-krater. Apulia.
Attributed to The Underworld Painter (by Trendall).
Clay. Ca. 330—310 BCE.
Attributed to The Underworld Painter (by Trendall).
Clay. Ca. 330—310 BCE.
Munich, State Antique Collection
(München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen).
Origin:
From Canosa.
Description:
A: Underworld, Hades seated on throne with sceptre, Persephone with torch, footstool, both in Ionic temple, among Megara seated and children of Herakles (youths, one with phiale and amulet) at Ionic building, Dike seated with sword and scabbard, Peirithoos seated with club and Theseus with staff, Rhadamantys with oriental cap, Minos seated on chair with animal skin, and Aiakos seated on stool, all with sceptres and footstools, Orpheus in oriental cap with kithara, youth with wreath, woman, child (boy) with toy roller, Sisyphos with rock, Erinys with whip, Hermes, Herakles with Cerberus, Hekate with torches, Tantalos in patterned oriental costume with sceptre at rock, altar, river, ducks.
Credits:
(cc) 2012. Photo: Egisto Sani (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).
Exhibition “Die Unsterblichen Götter Griechenlands” (Munich).
© 2017. Description: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk.
Exhibition “Die Unsterblichen Götter Griechenlands” (Munich).
© 2017. Description: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk.
Keywords: κεραμικά ceramics clay terracotta ceramica keramik céramique ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ἡρακλῆς ηρακλής herakles heracles èracle eracle héraclès ἑρμῆς ερμής ἑρμείας hermeias hermes ermes ermete hermès θεά περσεφόνη κόρη dea persephone kore kora core goddess persefone göttin déesse perséphone θησεύς θησέας theseus teseo thésée νοτιοταλικό southitalian southern italy mezzogiorno meridione süditalienisch süditalien suditalien κέρβερος kerberos cerberus multi-headed three-headed dog cane tre più teste cerbero mehrköpfigen dreiköpfiger hund zerberus plusieurs têtes trois cerbère σελήνη μήνη selene luna mondgöttin mond séléné lune ὀρφεύς ορφέας orpheus orfeo orphée ἥλιος ἠέλιος ήλιος θεός deus helios helius god dio elio elios gott dieu hélios ἐρινύς ερινύες εὐμενίδες ευμενίδες erinyes erinys eumenides erinni eumenidi erinnyen érinyes érinnyes euménides ἑκάτη εκάτη hecata hecate hekate ecate hekat hécate ἅιδης άδης hades ade hadès σίσυφος sisyphus sisyphos sisifo sisyphe apulian red-figure red-figured crater krater volute-crater volute-krater apulia volute attributed to the underworld painter unterwelt megara children of therimachus ophites dike pirithous perithous peirithoos piritoo rhadamanthus rhadamanthys radamanto minos minosse aeacus aiakos eaco twelfth feat labour exploit tantalus tantalos tantalo female head floral pattern design ornament chariot quadriga horse horses pole shaft collar harness gear bridle reins wheel fish fishes dolphin throne sceptre scepter rod wand footstool ionic temple youth youths phiale amulet building sword scabbard club staff oriental cap phrygian berretto frigio cappello berretina chair animal skin stool kithara wreath woman child boy toy roller rock whip knout patterned costume altar river ducks 3297