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In Greek mythology, Oreithyia was the daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. Her beauty captivated Boreas, the god of the violent North Wind. After failing to win Erechtheus’ approval to wed Oreithyia, Boreas abducted the princess as she danced on the banks of the River Ilissus. The couple ruled in Thrace as the King and Queen of the Winds and later parented the Boreads, the twins Zetes and Calaïs, two of the fastest Argonauts.
The scene on the obverse of this krater depicts the moment of Oreithyia’s abduction: Boreas, shown as a bearded man with his wings upraised, places his left hand on Oreithyia’s shoulder, gazing into the eyes of his future bride. The couple is flanked by an old man to the right, likely Erechtheus, and one of Oreithyia’s companions to the left, who flees but looks back. To the far left is a Thracian warrior clad in a patterned mantle and fox-tail cap. The scene was popular on Attic red-figured vases (see nos. 19-52 in S. Kaempf-Dimitriadou, op. cit.) and the myth later served as a basis for works by Peter Paul Rubens, Sebastiano Conca and François Boucher.
The scene on the obverse of this krater depicts the moment of Oreithyia’s abduction: Boreas, shown as a bearded man with his wings upraised, places his left hand on Oreithyia’s shoulder, gazing into the eyes of his future bride. The couple is flanked by an old man to the right, likely Erechtheus, and one of Oreithyia’s companions to the left, who flees but looks back. To the far left is a Thracian warrior clad in a patterned mantle and fox-tail cap. The scene was popular on Attic red-figured vases (see nos. 19-52 in S. Kaempf-Dimitriadou, op. cit.) and the myth later served as a basis for works by Peter Paul Rubens, Sebastiano Conca and François Boucher.