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Odysseus on boat, sea monsters.
Medallion and part of lower wall preserved.
Medallion: Leaf rosettes surrounded by a large groove and row of beading.
Calyx: Two rows of small pointed leaves.
Wall: On a ... 1934 ... Odysseus on boat, sea monsters.
... Wall: On a boat, Odysseus whose head is broken off. |
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A: a nude bearded male figure, right, in process of sacrificing a ram.
Odysseus sacrificing a ram before his trip to the underworld (?)
B: smooth.
Unglazed.
Pinkish clay. Clearing ... 12 June 1937 ... A: a nude bearded male figure, right, in process of sacrificing a ram.
Odysseus sacrificing a ram before his trip to the underworld (?)
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Wall and shoulder fragment with start of neck. Thin, brownish glaze here and there on inside. Max. dim. 0.069. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 17, 1948, pl. 68:5; Choes and Anthesteria, p. 93, cat. no. 245 bis, ... Ca. 450-440 B.C ... Brommer, Odysseus: Die Taten und Leiden des Helden in antiker Kunst und Literatur, Darmstadt 1983, pl. 2:b; M. ... Odysseus (head, outstretched right arm except for hand, most of his left arm, start of right leg) to left. ... For the subject, see Brommer, Heldensage3, 445, B 1; in more detail, with discussion of the various times Odysseus disguised himself, see Brommer, AA, 1965, cols. 115--119, where he opts for the scene on 689 as the one in which Odysseus is wounded by Thoas; also Brommer, Odysseus, pp. 34--35. |
Lower part of wall and all of ring base. On underside of floor, three concentric circles with central dot. Most of the glazed fired red on the inside and on the outside below the figures. P.H. 0.15; diam ... Ca. 430 B.C ... The subject on Side A is probably the return of Odysseus to Ithaca, specifically the moment before Eurykleia sees the identifying scar on his knee when she washes his feet (Odyssey 19.378--384). ... Brommer, Odysseus: Die Taten und Leiden der Helden in antiker Kunst und Literatur, Darmstadt 1983, pp. 100--102; also O. ... If the identification of the subject on 1265 is correct, the figures, reading from left to right, might be Penelope, Eumaios or Telemachos, Eurykleia, Odysseus. Since the figure I propose to call Eurykleia stands quietly and is not alarmed, she probably has not yet washed Odysseus' feet. |
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