Louvre F 342 (Vase)
The Blinding of Polyphemos
- ID:
- aa_3962
- Beazley Number:
- 303347
- Type:
- Vase
- Date:
- ca. -510 — ca. -490
- Period:
- Late Archaic
- Context:
- Said to be from Etruria
- Painter:
- Attributed to the Theseus Painter
- Attributed By:
- C.H.E. Haspels
- Dimensions:
- H. (incl. handles) 0.22 m
- Ware:
- Attic Black Figure
- Shape:
- Oinochoe
Shape Description
Trefoil-lipped oinochoe
Decoration Description
The bearded, nude giant Polyphemos, sitting on the ground, profile to the right, and leaning back, in a drunken stupor, cradles his club in his right arm and holds his knee with his left hand, while Odysseus and two of his men aim a long sharpened stick at his forehead (with which to blind him). The men all wear belted chitoniskoi, beards, and petasoi (hats); the first two advance profile to the left, towards Polyphemos, holding a long stick with which to blind him; the third stands in 3/4-view to the right and stokes a fire on the ground.
- Collection:
- Paris, Muse du Louvre Campana 444
- Said to have been found in Etruria in 1863.
