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Calmly seated sidesaddle on a bull, the woman depicted on the front of this small wine jug probably represents Europa, the Phoenician princess abducted by the Greek god Zeus. According to myth, Zeus either sent a bull or transformed himself into one, then carried Europa across the sea to Crete. There, she bore Zeus two or three sons, including the legendary king Minos. The bull ascended to the sky as the constellation Taurus.
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111499
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Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull
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111499
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Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull
description
Calmly seated sidesaddle on a bull, the woman depicted on the front of this small wine jug probably represents Europa, the Phoenician princess abducted by the Greek god Zeus. According to myth, Zeus either sent a bull or transformed himself into one, then carried Europa across the sea to Crete. There, she bore Zeus two or three sons, including the legendary king Minos. The bull ascended to the sky as the constellation Taurus.
date
c. 530 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60756416
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379261
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Ceramic
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1
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Overall: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.)
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Greek, Attic
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1929.978
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Black-Figure Trefoil Oinochoe (Wine Jug): Europa on Bull, c. 530 BCE. Attributed to Class of Vatican 440 (Greek, Attic). Ceramic; overall: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1929.978
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GR - Greek
didYouKnow
The continent of Europe takes its name from Europa, a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus.
citations
citation
Beazley Archive. n.d. <em>Beazley Archive Pottery Database</em>. Oxford: Beazley Archive.
page_number
BAPD 303205
citation
"Greek Vases." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>17, no. 7, (July, 1930): 137-138
page_number
Mentioned: p. 138; Reproduced; p. 143
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Cox, Warren E. <em>The Book of Pottery and Porcelain. </em>New York: L. Lee and Shepard Co.; distributed by Crown Publishers, 1944.
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Vol. I, p. 53, pl. 12.
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Beazley, J. D. <em>Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters.</em> Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956.
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p. 422, No. 43
citation
Boulter, C. G., Jenifer Neils, and Gisela Walberg. <em>Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum.</em> Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1971.
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p. 12, plate 17, 3-4
citation
<em>Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae </em>(LIMC). Zürich: Artemis, 1981.
page_number
IV, PL.34, EUROPA I 29, p. 169, Fig.11
citation
Carpenter, Thomas H., J. D. Beazley, Thomas Mannack, Melanie Mendonça, and Lucilla Burn. <em>Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV² & Paralipomena</em>. Oxford: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1989.
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p. 109
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 05:54:08.016000
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111499
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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ceramic
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