Subdipylon Group (active 760-700 BC), circa 735 BC

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Eranos Archive 38/4. Two painted scenes on one wheel-made pottery spouted krater of Late Geometric IIa. Made in Attica, Greece. Said to be found in Thebes (historic - Greece). Painted in style of the Dipylon Master. The Eranos panel note suggests the scene may represent the abduction of Helen of Troy by Paris, Theseus and Ariadne (Ernst Buschor (Griechische Vasen, [Munich, 1940], p. 18; fig. 21) . The scene possibly represents Ariadne (who displays the Crown of Light) departing by sea from Crete with Theseus. (C. Robert (Archäologische Hermeneutik, [Berlin, 1918], 38-9, fig. 24).)

Artist or creator

Subdipylon Group (active 760-700 BC)

Date

circa 735 BC

Location

London, British Museum (Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (Museum number: 1899,0219.1)

Notes on photograph

Collection

Eranos Archive presented by Olga Froebe-Kapteyn

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