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Red-Figure Stamnos with Poseidon Battling the Giant Polybotes
Artist
attributed to the Troilos Painter
(Greek, active ca. 520-480 BC)
CultureGreek, Attic
Dateca. 490-475 BC
Dimensionsheight: 14 in. (35.6 cm), circum: 22 5/16 in. (56.7 cm), rim: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification(s)
- ANCIENT
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Karl E. Weston Memorial Fund
Terms
- Poseidon
- trident
- giant
- polybotes
- sword
- spear
- shield
- lion
- amphora
- drapery
- nude figure
- key pattern
Object number64.9
Descriptionobverse: Poseidon attacks the giant Polybotes with trident and rock
reverse: Three youths return from a symposium and dancing
reverse: Three youths return from a symposium and dancing
Collections
Inscribedinscribed on side: probably not a real inscription at all, but rather a nonsense graffito (which were not uncommon on Greek vases and other decorated objects). It may have been inscribed on the vase at a period later than the purported date of the Troilos painter, since some of the letter forms used don't appear in Attic inscriptions that early.
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Teaching events
Liz McGowan, ARTH 213, s20
