Red-Figure Calyx-Krater (Mixing Vessel): Medea in Chariot (A); Telephos with Baby Orestes (B)
c. 400 BCE
Diameter of mouth: 49.9 cm (19 5/8 in.); Overall: 50.5 cm (19 7/8 in.); Diameter of foot: 22 cm (8 11/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.1
The remarkable scene on the front of this vase relates to the famous tragedy Medea, written by Euripides and first produced in Athens in 431 BC. Framed in the center by a halo (recalling her sun god grandfather Helios), the sorceress Medea flies off in a dragon-drawn chariot....
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
South Italian, Lucanian
Technique
ceramic
Medium
ceramic
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
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