Details
AN APULIAN RED-FIGURED CALYX-KRATER
Attributed to the Darius Painter, circa 340-330 B.C.
The obverse with Hermes, Amphion and Zethus in the lower register, the god standing in the center, a mantle draped over his shoulders, a pilos hanging from his neck, and two spears in his left hand, gesturing with two extended fingers towards Amphion to his right, a dog and a herm in added white between them, Amphion draped in a mantle, leaning on a staff, holding the god's kithara in his right hand, an aryballos in his left, a caduceus in front of him, and on the far right stands Zethus, leaning on a column, a mantle draped over his arms, holding two spears and a pilos helmet, the upper register with Apollo seated left, a branch in his right hand, a phiale in his left, his bow and quiver to the left, a flying bejeweled Eros to the right with a phiale and a fillet below the scene, a band of alternating phialai and rosettes above a narrow band of egg-pattern; the reverse with a seated nude Eros holding a dish of cake and a wreath in his left hand, and a standing maenad with a tambourine and a branch tied with a fillet, with two fillets and a rosette in the field, a band of meander below; a band of laurel below the rim
18¾ in. (47.6 cm) high
Literature
Trendall and Cambitoglou, Red-Figured Vases of Apulia, Supplement I, no. 18/64d
Trendall, "Two Apulian Calyx-Kraters with Representations of Amphion and Zethos" in Enthousiasmos, Festchrift Hemelrijk, Vol. 6, Allard Pierson Series, pp. 157-166.
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