Collection: Athens, National Archaeological Museum
Summary: A: Wedding of HarmoniaB: Rape of Thetis by PeleusC: Epaulia of Alkestis
Ware: Attic Red Figure, White Ground
Painter: Name vase of the Eretria Painter
Context: Eretria
Date: ca. 430 BC - ca. 420 BC
Dimensions: L. 0.287 m; max. diam. (opening) 0.171 m
Primary Citation: ARV2, 1250.34, 1688
Shape: Epinetron
Beazley Number: 216971
Period: High Classical

Decoration Description:

A (Wedding of Harmonia): Aphrodite (labelled), mother of the bride, seated on stool near profile to the right, legs crossed, feet on low footstool, kekryphylon, wearing a sleeved chiton, a himation around her lower body, two black bands on each wrist, black dot earrings, holds a necklace in both hands; a wreath on the wall above her; Eros (labelled), standing in 3/4-view to the left, with his weight on his right leg, long curly hair bound in a leafy wreath, holds a jewelry box in his left hand, the lid in his right hand; Peitho (labelled), standing 3/4-view to the right, wearing a belted peplos, black dot earrings, a high pony-tail and black dot on a chain around her neck, two black bands on her right wrist, raises both hands, and holds a mirror in her left hand; Harmonia (labelled), seated on stool near profile to the left, but with her head profile to the right, with her legs crossed, and her feet on a footstool, wearing a sleeved chiton, a himation around her lower body, a kekryphylon, black-dot earrings, a necklace as on Peitho, two black-bands bracelets on each wrist, rests her right hand on her knee, and her left hand on her seat; Kore (labelled), standing profile to the left, legs crossed, with her weight on her left leg, wearing a sleeveless, belted chiton with a long kolpos, a kekryphylon, black-dot earrings, a black chain necklace, two black bands on her left wrist, leans on Harmonia, with her right arm around Harmonia's shoulders, and holds Harmonia's left wrist in her left hand; Hebe (labelled), standing 3/4-view to the right, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton with a long kolpos, raises both hands behind her neck to bind her hair; a nude Himeros (labelled), seated 3/4-view to the right on a himation draped over his chair, with his head and wings profile to the left, legs crossed and feet on a footstool, wearing a leafy wreath (hair bound in krobylos), holds a pointed amphoriskos right hand, raised up to Hebe, and rests his left arm on the back of his chair.

B (Peleus and Thetis): A Nereid, labelled Datis (?), running profile to the right, wearing a peplos, a stephane, a long pony tail, and two red bands on each wrist, reaches both arms to the right; Melite (labelled), running frontal, with her head profile to the right, wearing a short-sleeved chiton with a long kolpos, a sphendone, a short pony tail, and two red bands on each wrist, holds a himation (?) in her outstretched left hand, and her own chiton in her outstretched right hand; Eulimene (labelled), running frontal to the left, with her head and arms profile to the right, wearing a thin belted peplos, a short pony-tail, a sphendone, and two red bands on each wrist; nude Peleus (labelled), wearing a leafy wreath around his curly dark hair, lunges toward Thetis at the right, and is attacked on his right side by a hippocamp; Thetis (labelled), dressed as Melite, standing frontal, but with her legs profile to the right, and her head profile to the left, is pulled back by Peleus; Nereus (labelled) standing 3/4-view to the left, with his head profile to the left, wearing a himation draped diagonally over his left shoulder, extends his right hand to the left (beseeching?), and holds a scepter up in his left hand; a female figure (labelled) running profile to the left, wearing a short-sleeved chiton with a long kolpos, a sphendone, two red bands on each wrist, stretches both arms ahead of her body, to the left; a female figure (labelled) running profile to the right, with her head profile to the left, wearing a sleeved chiton, a himation, a long pony-tail, a kekryphylon, dot earrings, and a dot on a chain necklace.

Shape Description: Epinetron with white plastic ornament of female bust

Sources Used: Barringer 1995, 34, 88, 93 n. 100, 199 no. 163; LIMC, 7.244 s.v. Peitho no. 6, pl. 178 (N. Icard-Gianolio); Oakley/Sinos 127-29, figs. 128-30; Shapiro 1993, 105-106, 117-18, 206, 241 no. 47, fig. 58; Immerwahr 1990, 115 no. 798; LIMC, 5.426 s.v. Himeros no. 13 (A. Hermary); Add2, 354; Boardman 1989a, fig. 235; Lezzi-Hafter 1988, 347-48 no. 257, passim, pls. 168-69 (with additional bibliography); LIMC, 4.413 s.v. Harmonia no. 12 (E. Paribeni), 461 s.v. Hebe no. 30 (E. Simon); Moreno 1987, 87 fig. 95; LIMC, 3.193 s.v. Charis, Charites no. 5 (E. Harrison); LIMC, 2.121, 144 s.v. Aphrodite nos. 1114, 1262, 1517, pl. 148 (A. Delivorrias); LIMC, 1.535 s.v. Alkestis no. 3 (M. Schmidt); Simon & Hirmer 1976, pl. 216; Para, 469; Richter 1969, 338 fig. 455; C.W. Clairmont, "Bemerkung zum Epinetron des Eretriameisters,"" BCH 86 (1962) 539-42; Hibbs 1961 71-72, fig. 75; B. Schweitzer, ""Mythische Hochzeiten. Eine Interpretation des Bilderkreises an dem Epinetron des Eretriameisters," SBHeid 6 (1961) 20-26 pl. 1-3; EAA 3 (1960) 375 s.v. Epinetron (V. Bianco), figs. 456-57, 411 s.v. Pittore di Eretria (M. Cagiano de Azevedo), fig. 501; B.A. Sparkes and L. Talcott, Pots and Pans of Classical Athens. Agora-PB 1 (1958) fig. 54; White 1956, pl. 5b; Bielefeld 1952, pl. 19; Richter 1946, fig. 101; Nilsson 1941, 1 pl. 49.1; Beazley & Ashmole, fig. 108; Dugas 1930, fig. 14; G. Rodenwaldt, "Ein toreutisches Meisterwerk," JdI 41 (1926) 197; Pfuhl 1923, fig. 561; Brueckner 1907, 95; Collignon & Couve, 503-506 no. 158 (with previous bibliography); B.V. Farmakovski (St. Petersburg 1902) 2.387