Red-figure Calyx Crater Flashcards
What is a calyx krater
Mixing bowl
Who is the artist
Attributed to the Policoro painter
What’s the date
C.400 bc
Where is the location
Cleveland museum of art
What is the significance
Depicts the final part of the story of Medea as Medea flies above the scene on a chariot drawn by dragons which is circled by a figure of the sun
How does the vase differ from the play
No dragons or furies- included for aesthetic
Medea takes her sons bodies to prevent Jason form burning them - looks better and more dramatic to have them on the ekkylema
What is Jason doing
Locking eyes with his wife
Bare-chested - common way to depict heros
Who is one the ekkylema
The bodies of the murdered sons
Who stands by the sons
The boys tutor and nurse that raise their hands in mourning
Who is the play Medea by
Euripides
How is Medea flying
Use of the mechane
