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Vase Catalog Number: Louvre F 53
Images | Browse Images| Collection: | Paris, Musée du Louvre | ||
| Summary: | Side A: Herakles and Geryon, with Eurytion between them Side B: Anchippos (a warrior) leaving home in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) | ||
| Ware: | Attic Black Figure | Shape: | Amphora |
| Painter: | Attributed to Group E | Potter: | Signed by Exekias |
| Context: | Region: | ||
| Date: | ca. 550 B.C. - 540 B.C. | Period: | High Archaic |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.50 m (incl. cover) | ||
| Primary Citation: | |||
Inscriptions:
Black dipinti name all characters, among other inscriptions. On side A, behind Herakles, is Exekias' signature, ECHSEKIASEPOIESE, "Exekias made it."
Also on side A: to the right of Herakles's head, ÊERAKLES ("Herakles"); above Eurytion's body, retrograde, EURUTION, "Eurytion"; between the legs of Geryon, GERUONE[S], "Geryon"; on the right side, a kalos inscription, STESIÔSKALOS, "Stesios is beautiful."
On side B, to the right of Anchippos' head, ANCHIPOS, "Anchippos"; to the right of the siren, the name of one horse, [...]SEMOS; in the top right, the name of another horse, PUROKOM[...]; in the bottom right, the name of a third horse: KALI*&koppa;OME[...]; and beneath the belly of the foremost horse, KALIPHORA.
Collection History: Acquired by the Louvre in 1883.
Shape Description: Type B amphora
Sources Used:
(Amy C. Smith)
Keywords:Anchippos, animal, arrow, chariot, chariotbox, charioteer, chitoniskos, cuirass, Eurytion, flying, Geryon, greave, helmet, Herakles, Herakles and Eurytion, Herakles and Geryon, holding, home, horse, leaving, man, monster, nebris, pilos, quadriga, quiver, shield, siren, skin, spear, stag, sword, tunic, warrior, wearing, wings, wounded
Views:
22 Images
| Archive Number | Caption |
|---|---|
| 1992.06.0241 | View of side B, from the left |
| 1992.06.0234 | View of side A |
| 1992.06.0235 | View of side A, from the right |
| 1992.06.0236 | View of the right side |
| 1992.06.0237 | View of side B, from the left |
| 1992.06.0238 | View of side B |
| 1992.06.0239 | View of side B, from the right |
| 1992.06.0240 | View of the left side |
| 1992.06.0242 | Close-up view of the figural scene on side A: Herakles and Geryon, with Eurytion between them |
| 1992.06.0243 | Detail of side A, left: Herakles, advancing profile to the right; he wears his lionskin, belted, over a short tunic, with his quiver slung over his left shoulder, and he holds his sword over his head (note also artist's signature, left, and Herakles' name, right) |
| 1992.06.0245 | Detail of side A, top center: heads of Herakles and Geryon, on either side of the triple shield of Geryon (note also Herakle's name, to the right of Herakles' head) |
| 1992.06.0248 | Detail of side A, top center: the heads of Geryon |
| 1992.06.0246 | Detail of side A, top left: head of Herakles, with his lion-scalp helmet, shown profile to the right (note also Herakles' name, right) |
| 1992.06.0244 | Detail of side A, bottom left: Eurytion, the herdsman, bearded, and wearing an animal skin over a tunic, belted, and a pilos, lies on the ground; an arrow runs through (behind?) his head, which is turned profile to the right; he grasps a weapon (?) in his right hand (note his name, retrograde, above his body) |
| 1992.06.0247 | Detail of side A, top right: the triple-bodied monster, Geryon, wearing greaves, cuirasses over chitoniskoi, and helmets; two bodies are shown profile the left, aiming spears at Herakles, while the third, injured (note the red wound on his thigh) turns profile to the right, and points his shield down at the ground (note the labels naming Geryon, between the legs, and the kalos inscription, right) |
| 1992.06.0249 | Close-up view of the figural scene on side B: Anchippos (a warrior) leaving home in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) |
| 1992.06.0252 | Close-up view of the figural scene on side B: Anchippos (a warrior) leaving home in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) |
| 1992.06.0250 | Detail of side B, left: a charioteer and Anchippos (behind) standing on a chariotbox (note Anchippos' name, to the right of his head); the charioteer wears a nebris (animal skin), belted, over a long, sleeveless charioteer's tunic, while Anchippos wears a cuirass over a tunic, and a helmet, and holds a shield on his left arm and a spear in his left hand |
| 1992.06.0251 | Detail of side B, top: a siren, wings outstretched, flies ahead of Anchippos (note Anchippos' name, to the right of his head); the charioteer wears a nebris (animal skin), belted, over a long, sleeveless charioteer's tunic, while Anchippos wears a cuirass over a tunic, and a helmet, and holds a shield on his left arm |
| 1992.06.0253 | Detail of side B, right: the foreparts of four horses, one with his head lowered (and note their names, labelled in the field around them) |
| 1992.06.0254 | Top view of the lid: clockwise, from the top, are shown a siren, profile to the right, a stag, profile to the left, a siren (with dipinti on either side), profile to the right, a stag, profile to the left, a siren, profile to the right, and another stag, profile to the left |
| 1992.06.0255 | Detail of the lid: dipinti on either side of a siren, shown profile to the right |