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[Agora Drawing] PD 499 (DA 6703)

Wash drawing of red figure pelike, A, Boreas ... Piet de Jong ... Wash drawing of red figure pelike, A, Boreas.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 594

Shoulder fragment with start of neck. Glaze pitted in places. Part of the glaze fired brown. Max. dim. 0.077. Youth or woman (wreathed head), then part of a wing of someone, both to right. Relief contour: ... Ca. 480-470 B.C ... The subject may be a pursuit, and if so, the winged figure may be Boreas or Eos. If it is Boreas, then the figure whose head is preserved would be one of Oreithyia's playmates running to left, looking back; if Eos, probably one of Kephalos' hunting companions doing the same thing. Cf. these examples. Boreas: two by Hermonax, St. ... Ohly-Dumm (LIMC III, 1986, p. 136, no. 34, pl. 113, s.v. Boreas [S. Kaempf-Dimitriadou]).

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[Agora Object] P 21859: Red Figure Amphora

About one-quarter missing, mostly from lower part of body and foot; restored in plaster. A) King looking right, right arm outstretched; scepter in left hand; woman running right, looking back left. White ... May-June 1951 ... The interior is thinly coated with brownish glaze. Boreas Painter.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 1223

Four non-joining fragments of rim and wall with start of underside. P 18414 a + c and P 18007 preserve the full profile of the rim. Glaze much pitted on outside. Est. diam. at rim 0.218; max. dim. P 18414 ... Ca. 460 B.C ... LIMC III, 1986, p. 136, no. 29, pl. 112 (P 18414 a + c), s.v. Boreas; W. Agard, Classical Journal 61, 1966, p. 245, fig. 7: P 18414 (a + c). Boreas and Oreithyia; Peleus and Thetis. At the right of P 18414 a + c is Boreas (back of head, top of wings, left hand, most of legs missing) flying to right, dressed in a cloak.

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[Agora Object] P 8959: Red Figure Pelike Fragment

A single fragment (with one small joining piece) preserves the upper part of the base and the stubs of the handles. A) Boreas, wing outspread behind him, bearded wearing wreath and sleeveless chiton, ... 5 April 1932 ... A single fragment (with one small joining piece) preserves the upper part of the base and the stubs of the handles. A) Boreas, wing outspread behind him, bearded wearing wreath and sleeveless chiton, reaches forward with both arms. ... Red for Boreas' wreath, and the wreath of the right hand figure and the leaves of the tree on B).

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[Agora Object] P 18007: Dish Fragment

Joins P 18414. Fragment from rim of a large stand or kalathos. Straight wall; plain narrow projecting rim, flat on top. Inside glazed; top of rim reserved. Below the rim, maeander; on the wall, the top ... 25 June 1947 ... LIMC III (1986), p. 136, no. 29, pl. 112 (P 18414 a + c), s.v. Boreas.

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[Agora Object] P 18414: Red Figure Kalathos Fragments

Five non-joining fragments preserve rather more than half the circumference at the rim and part of the figured scene. Wall profile slightly concave; narrow rim, unglazed, flat on top. Inside, good black ... 5-6 August 1947 ... LIMC III (1986), p. 136, no. 29, pl. 112 (P 18414 a + c), s.v. Boreas.

[Agora Object] Agora XXX, no. 183

Wall fragment. Glaze thin in places on outside. Max. dim. 0.113. A, male pursuing a woman. Parts of three figures remain: at the left, a bit of the himation and chiton, and left foot of a woman running ... Ca. 460 B.C ... Red: line below figures that continued around the vase. Boreas comes to mind as the pursuer on 183, but he should probably be ruled out because he always moves much faster (often flying) than the male on 183 does. ... The Florence Painter or the Boreas Painter (ARV2 545, 1). The border of esses for the bottom of the woman's chiton is a distinctive pattern that appears in the work of both painters: the Boreas Painter: New York, M.M.A. 96.19.1 (ARV2 536, 5; Addenda 255) and Munich 2375 (ARV2 537, 9; Addenda 255); the Florence Painter: Syracuse 21189 (ARV2 541, 4) and Louvre G 360 (ARV2 541, 8).