Louvre G 482 (Vase)

Side A: The arms of AchillesSide B: Menelaos pursues Helen

ID:
aa_4123
Beazley Number:
207117
Type:
Vase
Date:
ca. -470 — ca. -460
Period:
Early Classical
Context:
From Tarquinia
Region:
Etruria
Painter:
Connected with the Geneva Painter
Dimensions:
H. 0.465 m; Diam. (mouth) 0.24 m
Ware:
Attic Red Figure
Shape:
Krater
Shape Description

Volute krater

Collection:
Paris, Muse du Louvre N 3388
Ex Coll. Fossati.

Citations and Bibliography

ARV2, 615; Beazley Addenda 2, 269

CVA, Louvre 5, III.Id, pl. 30.1-3, 7

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View of side B, from the left
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View of side B, from the right
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Detail of the figural...
Detail of the figural scene on side A, left: A Nereid, standing 3/4-view to the right, holding a tray on which stand two greaves
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Detail of the figural scene on side A, left of center: Phoinix, bearded, leaning 3/4-view to the right on a staff, wearing slippers, a himation, and a taenia
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Detail of the figural scene on side A, center: Achilles, swathed in a himation (covering his head), seated on a klismos, profile to the right; the klismos stands on a dais in front of a thin column
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Detail of the figural scene on side A, right of center: an attenuated Doric column; Thetis, standing frontally, with her head profile to the left, wearing a belted peplos over a short-sleeved chiton, jewelry, and a thick taenia; she holds a spear upright in her left hand, while her right hand rests on a shield which stands slightly behind her
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Detail of the figural scene on side A, right: a Nereid, advancing to the left, shown in 3/4-view, wearing a himation over a medium-sleeved chiton, with a kekryphylon binding her hair; she holds her left hand at waist level, and holds a Corinthian helmet in her upraised right hand
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Detail of the figural scene on side B, left: a woman running to the left, who turns her head profile to the right, while she reaches her right hand to the left; she wears a himation over a short-sleeved chiton, and holds some of her drapery above her left shoulder
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Detail of the figural scene on side B, left of center: a woman running to the left, with both arms upraised, who turns her head profile to the right; she wears a belted, short-sleeved chiton, and a broad stephane
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Detail of the figural scene on side B, center: Menelaos, a youthful warrior running profile to the right, wearing greaves, a cuirass over a chitoniskos, and an Attic helmet, armed with a sword, spear, and hoplite shield
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Detail of the figural scene on side B, right: a female figure, perhaps Aphrodite, advancing in 3/4-view to the right, with her left arm raised, reaches her right hand back to the warrior behind her, to whom she turns her head; she wears a himation over a short-sleeved chiton, and a taenia wrapped in her hair
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Detail of the figural scene under the left handles: a woman, probably Helen, advancing in 3/4-view to the right, with her left arm raised, turns back to look behind her (to the left), and holds her left hand, as if in hesitation, just above her left shoulder
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Side B, top right: detail view of volute above rim
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