Themis and Aigeus Cylix, hand painted,29 cm diameter, 9,5 cm high, 0,8 kg, Antikensammlung Berlin Kodros Painter
Original of the Themis and Aigeus-Kylix, depicted as Tondo, attic red figure, by the Kodros painter, in the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities Altes Museum
The following link leads you directly to the original via Wikipedia:
The Themis and Aigeus-Kylix at the Altes Museum Berlin
The titaness Themis, goddess of justice and law in ancient Greece, gave birth to the father of the gods Zeus as his former wife the horns, the goddesses of the seasons, as well as the moirs, Roman parzen, the goddesses of fate. They were usually portrayed as old women. Klotho spins the thread of life, Lachesis divides life, Atropos cuts off the thread of life. Themis is said to have held the oracle of Delphi before Apollo.
Aigeus, the legendary king of Athens, father of the hero Theseus. Before his son left for Crete, Aigues had agreed that he would set white sails on his return after killing the Minotaur. Since Theseus accidentally set black ones, and his father had to assume that his son was dead, Aigeus threw himself into the sea. After Aigeus the Aegean Sea got its name.
The original of the Themis and Aigeus-Kylix, from 440-430 BC, is an exhibit of the Collection of Classical Antiquities Berlin, Altes Museum, under inventory no. 2538. The Kylix was found in the Etruscan necropolis Vulci, near the Bolsena Sea. More than 4,000 ancient Greek vases have been recovered from Vulci since 1857. For Etruscans it was fashionable to use vessels from Greece and to give them to their dead as burial objects.
Hand-painted and hand-potted replica reproduced in original size. A seal on the handle bears the inscription "MUSEUM COPY", on the back "HAND MADE IN GREECE".
Kodros Painter
The Kodros painter was an Attic red-figure vase painter who worked in the 3rd quarter of the 5th century BC.
It was named after the British classical archaeologist John D. Beazley on the basis of a representation of the
mythical Attic King Kodros on a bowl painted by him in Bologna, Museo Civico Archeologico Inv.
PU 273.
The Kodros painter painted mainly drinking bowls with Attic heroes and myths, Dionysian scenes,
Athletes, young men and warriors can be seen. Typical for him is his interest in the male athletic body, which he
drew meticulously. The vases seem to have been mainly intended for export to Etruria and Magna Graecia.
because most of the vessels painted by him and his circle were found there.
(Text borrowed Wikipedia)
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday, May 18, 2017.