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painter of the Athena birth, Pelike (Boreas abducts Oreithyia), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, turned and fired, Total: Height: 47.50 cm (supplemented); Diameter: 35.00 cm; Muzzle diameter: 19.30 cm, inscription: Vessel shoulder between the handles on side A and B: Side A: V (left hand), Ceramics, Boreas (Aquilo), the North Wind, Strict style, The Pelike is composed of numerous fragments. Foot and lower part of the vessel body are completed. At the neck there is a ledge with round, circumscribed palmettes on both sides. A meandering band with regularly interspersed cross plates runs around under the figures. Side A shows the pursuit of Oreithyia by the wind god Boreas. The winged and bearded Boreas hurries up from the left and has put his left arm around the shoulder of the Athenian king's daughter, holding two spears with red slings with his right. Boreas wears a fox fur cap (giech. alopekis), a short, belted chiton and a patterned coat. Oreithyia is dressed with a long-sleeved chiton and a tiara in her hair; she also wears jewelry around her arms and neck. There are no signs of horror or fear in the king's daughter's facial features. The main group is flanked by two figures, both of which face outwards. On the right the old father of Oreithyia, the Athenian king Erechtheus. On the left a companion of Oreithyia. Side B shows the excerpt of the Athenian hero Theseus, heroically naked, standing to the right, stretching out his right hand in a gesture of speech towards his counterpart. The left one contains two long spears with red loops. On the left, facing Theseus, stands his father, King Aigeus of Athens, dressed in a chiton and a coat with a patterned border and a hoop in his hair. He leans with his right hand on his scepter. This scene is flanked by two female figures, on the right a woman (Medea?) striving out of the picture with Oinochoe and Phiale in her hands, on the left Athena with a long spear, long dressed and.

painter of the Athena birth, Pelike (Boreas abducts Oreithyia), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, turned and fired, Total: Height: 47.50 cm (supplemented); Diameter: 35.00 cm; Muzzle diameter: 19.30 cm, inscription: Vessel shoulder between the handles on side A and B: Side A: V (left hand), Ceramics, Boreas (Aquilo), the North Wind, Strict style, The Pelike is composed of numerous fragments. Foot and lower part of the vessel body are completed. At the neck there is a ledge with round, circumscribed palmettes on both sides. A meandering band with regularly interspersed cross plates runs around under the figures. Side A shows the pursuit of Oreithyia by the wind god Boreas. The winged and bearded Boreas hurries up from the left and has put his left arm around the shoulder of the Athenian king's daughter, holding two spears with red slings with his right. Boreas wears a fox fur cap (giech. alopekis), a short, belted chiton and a patterned coat. Oreithyia is dressed with a long-sleeved chiton and a tiara in her hair; she also wears jewelry around her arms and neck. There are no signs of horror or fear in the king's daughter's facial features. The main group is flanked by two figures, both of which face outwards. On the right the old father of Oreithyia, the Athenian king Erechtheus. On the left a companion of Oreithyia. Side B shows the excerpt of the Athenian hero Theseus, heroically naked, standing to the right, stretching out his right hand in a gesture of speech towards his counterpart. The left one contains two long spears with red loops. On the left, facing Theseus, stands his father, King Aigeus of Athens, dressed in a chiton and a coat with a patterned border and a hoop in his hair. He leans with his right hand on his scepter. This scene is flanked by two female figures, on the right a woman (Medea?) striving out of the picture with Oinochoe and Phiale in her hands, on the left Athena with a long spear, long dressed and.
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Caption: painter of the Athena birth, Pelike (Boreas abducts Oreithyia), clay, quickly turned, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, turned and fired, Total: Height: 47.50 cm (supplemented); Diameter: 35.00 cm; Muzzle diameter: 19.30 cm, inscription: Vessel shoulder between the handles on side A and B: Side A: V (left hand), Ceramics, Boreas (Aquilo), the North Wind, Strict style, The Pelike is composed of numerous fragments. Foot and lower part of the vessel body are completed. At the neck there is a ledge with round, circumscribed palmettes on both sides. A meandering band with regularly interspersed cross plates runs around under the figures. Side A shows the pursuit of Oreithyia by the wind god Boreas. The winged and bearded Boreas hurries up from the left and has put his left arm around the shoulder of the Athenian king's daughter, holding two spears with red slings with his right. Boreas wears a fox fur cap (giech. alopekis), a short, belted chiton and a patterned coat. Oreithyia is dressed with a long-sleeved chiton and a tiara in her hair; she also wears jewelry around her arms and neck. There are no signs of horror or fear in the king's daughter's facial features. The main group is flanked by two figures, both of which face outwards. On the right the old father of Oreithyia, the Athenian king Erechtheus. On the left a companion of Oreithyia. Side B shows the excerpt of the Athenian hero Theseus, heroically naked, standing to the right, stretching out his right hand in a gesture of speech towards his counterpart. The left one contains two long spears with red loops. On the left, facing Theseus, stands his father, King Aigeus of Athens, dressed in a chiton and a coat with a patterned border and a hoop in his hair. He leans with his right hand on his scepter. This scene is flanked by two female figures, on the right a woman (Medea?) striving out of the picture with Oinochoe and Phiale in her hands, on the left Athena with a long spear, long dressed and
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Image size: 3395 × 4320 px | 42.0 MB
Print size: 28.7 × 36.6 cm | 1336.6 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 'GRAVE GOODS' • ALOPEKIS • ALTERNATELY FIRED • AQUILO • ARMS • ATHENA BIRTH • ATHENIAN HERO THESEUS • ATHENIAN KING ERECHTHEUS • ATHENIAN KING'S DAUGHTER • ATHENS • B • BEARDED BOREAS HURRIES UP • BELTED CHITON • BOREAS ABDUCTS OREITHYIA • BOREAS WEARS • BOREAS • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHITON • CIRCUMSCRIBED PALMETTES • CLAY • COAT • COMPANION • COMPLETED • COMPOSED • CONTAINS TWO LONG SPEARS • COUNTERPART • CREATED • DAD • DETAIL • DIAMETER • DRESSED • ETRURIA • EXCERPT • FABRICATION • FACE OUTWARDS • FACING THESEUS • FATHER • FEAR • FEMALES • FIGURES • FIRED • FLANKED • FOOT FEET • FOOT • FOX FUR CAP • FRIGHT • GESTURE • GESTURES • GIECH • GRAFFITI • GRAVE VASE • GRAVE' • HAIR TIED HIGH • HAIR • HAIRS • HAND • HAND. • HANDLES • HANDS • HEROICALLY NAKED • HOLDING TWO SPEARS • HOOP • HOOPS • HORROR • IMAGE • INCISED SUTHINA GRAFFITI • INDICATE • INSCRIPTION • JUDGING • KERAMEIKOS • KING AIGEUS • KING'S DAUGHTER'S FACIAL FEATURES • LEANS • LEDGE • LEFT ARM • LEFT ATHENA • LEFT HAND • LEFT • LETTER FORMS • LONG DRESSED • LONG SPEAR • LONG-CLAD FEMALE WINGED CREATURE • LONG-SLEEVED CHITON • LOWER PART • MAIN GROUP • MANUFACTURE • MANUFACTURING • MEANDERING BAND • MEDEA? • MOOD: FEAR • MOOD: FRIGHT • MUJER • MUJERES • MUZZLE DIAMETER • NECK • NECKS • NIKE? • NO SIGNS • NORTH WIND • NUMEROUS FRAGMENTS • OINOCHOE • OLD FATHER • ON • OREITHYIA • OVERCOAT • OVERLAP • PAINTED • PAINTER • PARTIAL VIEW • PARTICULAR INTEREST • PATTERNED BORDER • PATTERNED COAT • PELIKE • PELO • PERSECUTION • PHIALE • PICTURE • POTTERIES • POTTERY • PRODUCING • PRODUCTION • PRODUCTIONS • PURSUIT • QUICKLY TURNED • RED LOOPS • RED SLINGS • REGULARLY INTERSPERSED CROSS PLATES RUNS • RIGHT HAND • RIGHT • ROUND • RUN • RUNNING • SCARE • SCENE • SCEPTER • SCEPTRE • SHELF • SHELTER • SHORT • SHOULDER • SIDE A • SIDE B • SIDES • SOON • SPEECH TOWARDS • STAFF • STANDING • STANDS • STONEWARE • STRETCHING OUT • STRICT STYLE • STRIVING OUT • SUPPLEMENTED • SUTHINA MEANS 'BELONGING • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THROAT • TIARA • TORCH RESPECTIVELY • TURNED • TWO FEMALE FIGURES • TWO FIGURES • TWO TORCHES • UNDER • V • V. • VESSEL BODY • VESSEL SHOULDER • VESSEL • WEARS JEWELRY • WIND GOD BOREAS • WINGED • WOMAN WOMEN • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMAN. • WOMANS • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS