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Vase Catalog Number: Louvre F 342 (inv. no. Campana 444)
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre | ||
| Summary: | The Blinding of Polyphemos | ||
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure | Shape: | Oinochoe |
| Painter: | Attributed to the the Theseus Painter (by C.H.E. Haspels) | Potter: | |
| Context: | Said to be from Etruria | Region: | |
| Date: | ca. 510 B.C. - 490 B.C. | Period: | Late Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. (incl. handles) 0.22 m | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Decoration: 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 History: Said to have been found in Etruria in 1863.
Shape Description: Trefoil-lipped oinochoe
Sources Used:
(Amy C. Smith)
Keywords:beard, blinding, chitoniskos, club, giant, Odysseus, Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, petasos, Polyphemus, stick
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| Archive Number | Caption |
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| 1992.06.1613 | View of the left side: 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 his men aim a long sharpened stick at his forehead (with which to blind him) |
| 1992.06.1612 | View of the right side: Odysseus and two men, all wearing 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 |