Main panel: Pandrosos
Main panel: heads of Aglauros and Erechtheus
Main panel: head of Kekrops
| Collection: | Munich, Antikensammlungen |
| Summary: | The wind god, Boreas, abucting Oreithyia; Herse, Pandrosos, Kekrops, Erechtheus, and Aglauros surround them |
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure |
| Painter: | Name vase of the Oreithyia Painter |
| Context: | From Vulci |
| Date: | ca. 475 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.58 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Pointed amphora |
| Beazley Number: | 206422 |
| Period: | Early Classical |
Condition:
Several breaks and small pieces have been overpainted.
Decoration Description:
Between the body and the neck is a plastic ring painted dark red. A similar ring exists, painted clay-colored, between the neck and the rim. On the neck are opposing palmettes attached to looping tendrils. The mouth is painted black outside and inside; its top rim is clay-colored. A meander-checkerboard band runs around the lower border of the main scene. The upper border is a band of tongues.
In the scene itself, Boreas is kidnapping Oreithyia. Boreas is short and stocky, winged, with wrinkled forehead and neck and spiked hair on his head and beard. He is wearing a belted chiton, mantle, and a spiked diadem in his hair. With a strong grip he clasps Oreithyia, who is dressed in a long, windblown chiton, mantle, spiked diadem, bracelets, and earrings. The edge of her mantle bears a black stripe. She has raised her left forearm in distress, as one of her companions, Herse, runs from the left to help her. Herse is wearing a long chiton, mantle, cap, and earrings. On the right, Pandrosos runs in fear away from the group, wearing a long chiton, mantle, and headband. With her left hand she holds her chiton, and she turns her head to look back at the action. To the right of Pandrosos runs a third, unnamed companion of Oreithyia, also dressed in chiton, mantle, and cap. With her left hand lifting her chiton, she hurries to Kekrops, the father of all the female companions, to report the incident. Kekrops, in a long chiton and mantle and holding a scepter, stands with his feet pointing left, but looking back to the right at Aglauros, also in long chiton, mantle and cap. Aglauros has run to Erechtheus, the father of Oreithyia, and she reaches frantically for his chin. Erechtheus is wearing a long chiton and mantle and holding a scepter, whose tip is not preserved. There are abundant tracing marks and relief lines in the scene.
Inscriptions:
Painted in dark red are the names of the figures: behind Boreas,
Graffiti:
There is a dipinto on the underside of the foot.
Sources Used:
CVA, Deutschland