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拍品專文
One side of this impressive column-krater is centered by a charioteer driving a quadriga to the right. The charioteer wears a long, white, sleeveless chiton and carries a Boeotian shield over his left shoulder. He looks back towards the horseman behind him. At the far right is Hermes, walking right but looking back, wearing a chlamys and winged boots, holding his kerykeion and gesturing with his raised right hand.
The presence of Hermes indicates a mythological context for the scene, perhaps related to the Trojan War. On one side of the exterior of a later red-figured cup by Onesimos, Hermes similarly stands before a chariot, but on the cup there is an additional hoplite standing astride the horses, thought to be Odysseus (see D. Williams, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain, Fascicule 17, The British Museum, Fascicule 9, pp. 20-21, pl. 9). The scene has been interpreted as Hermes stopping Odysseus from joining the fray at Troy, since his presence in the battle would upset the gods plans. Above the horses on the column-krater is a nonsense inscription, which unfortunately does not assist in clarifying the subject. On the reverse is a seated sphinx and a partially preserved feline, with a large bird under one handle.
The presence of Hermes indicates a mythological context for the scene, perhaps related to the Trojan War. On one side of the exterior of a later red-figured cup by Onesimos, Hermes similarly stands before a chariot, but on the cup there is an additional hoplite standing astride the horses, thought to be Odysseus (see D. Williams, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Great Britain, Fascicule 17, The British Museum, Fascicule 9, pp. 20-21, pl. 9). The scene has been interpreted as Hermes stopping Odysseus from joining the fray at Troy, since his presence in the battle would upset the gods plans. Above the horses on the column-krater is a nonsense inscription, which unfortunately does not assist in clarifying the subject. On the reverse is a seated sphinx and a partially preserved feline, with a large bird under one handle.