Perseus Vase: Mount Holyoke 1925.BS.II.3

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Vase Catalog Number: Mount Holyoke 1925.BS.II.3

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Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Summary:	Side A: Herakles regaled by Athena. Side B: same.
Ware:	Attic Black Figure	Shape:	Skyphos
Painter:	Attributed to the the Theseus Painter	Potter:
Context:		Region:
Date:	500 B.C.	Period:	Archaic
Dimensions:
Primary Citation:	ABV, 519 (with no. 18)

Essay: Buitron No. 22

BLACK-FIGURE SKYPHOS

Lent by Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (1925 BS II.3)

Height: 6 13/16 in. (17.2 cm.); Diameter: 8 11/16 in. (22 cm.)

Broken and repaired.

Side A: Herakles regaled by Athena. Herakles, in a lion skin with his club between his knees and his quiver at his waist, sits on a stone seat. One hand is raised in greeting, one extended with a phiale. Athena, in chiton, himation, and Attic helmet, approaches from the right and extends her oinochoe to fill his cup. At the left is Hermes playing flutes. Behind Herakles is a dwarfed tree with branches extending in the background.

Side B: the same, except the tree trunk is not visible.

Under the handles, bearded goats; around the lip, a double row of dots between bands; below, red and black alternating tongues between lines.

Red: the brim of Hermes' pilos, his beard, belt, and shoes; the edge of Herakles' lion skin, his belt; Athena's hair; ornaments on the drapery; the wine; the fillet at the base.

White: Athena's flesh, helmet crest; Hermes' hat and chiton; dots on the edges of Herakles' cup, the meander on his rock seat; the fruits of the tree; the goat's horn, his belly, and mouth.

Attributed to the Theseus Painter [Vanderpool] ca. 500 B. C.

The Theseus Painter, so named because he often chose the deeds of Theseus for his subject, was above all a painter of skyphoi, most of which can be dated by their style as ca. 500 B. C. (Haspels 1936, 163). Four others are known showing Herakles regaled by Athena (ABV, 519). The subject is probably Herakles resting after one of his twelve labors. Athena, his patron, brings him wine or nectar to refresh him. Many vases are known showing Herakles with Athena and Hermes, but Athena serving the hero wine does not appear until the beginning of the fifth century (Beazley 1961, 56).

Bibliography: Mount Holyoke College, Nancy Everett Dwight Foundation Catalogue ill.; E. Vanderpool, "The Rectangular Rock-cut Shaft," Hesperia 15 (1946) 289-290; ABV, 519 (with no. 18).

Keywords:

Athena, aulos, belt, branch, chiton, club, cup, fillet, goat, hat, helmet, Herakles, Herakles and Athena and Hermes, holding, lionskin, oinochoe, phiale, pilos, playing, quiver, shoe, tree, wine

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1990.25.0135 Side A: scene at center Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0136 Side A: oblique from right Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0137 Handle: right of side A Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0138 Side B: oblique from left Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0139 Side B: scene at center Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0140 Side B: oblique from right Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0141 Handle: right of side B Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0142 Side A: oblique from left Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0161 Side A: Herakles regaled by Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0172 Side A: Hermes on far left Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0173 Side A: Hermes, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0174 Side A: head of Hermes Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0175 Side A: Hermes, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0176 Side A: tree behind Herakles Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0167 Side A: Herakles Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0168 Side A: Herakles, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0169 Side A: head of Herakles Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0170 Side A: Herakles, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0171 Side A: Herakles' stool Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0162 Side A: Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0164 Side A: Athena, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0165 Side A: head of Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0163 Side A: Athena, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0166 Side A: Athena's oinochoe Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0159 Handle right of side A: goat Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0160 Handle right of side A: head of goat Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0143 Side B: Herakles regaled by Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0154 Side B: Hermes on far left Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0157 Side B: Hermes, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0156 Side B: head of Hermes Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0155 Side B: Hermes, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0144 Side B: Herakles Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0145 Side B: Herakles, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0146 Side B: head of Herakles Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0147 Side B: Herakles, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0148 Side B: Herakles' stool Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0150 Side B: Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0151 Side B: Athena, upper half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0152 Side B: head of Athena Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0153 Side B: Athena, lower half Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0149 Side B: Athena's oinochoe Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0177 Handle right of side B: goat Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0178 Handle right of side B: head of goat Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0158 Decoration at rim Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

1990.25.0179 Base Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

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