Scholarship Vases

Question 1

Kleitias Volute Krater

Answer 1

570 BCE
Corinthian Miniturist
Calydonian Boar
Funeral of Petrokles
Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Achilles pursuing Troilus
Theseus - Liberator of Athens
Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs
Peleus and Thetis (Cont)
Dionysus returning Haephestus to Olympus
Achilles life, Good deeds of Theseus. Portrays a narrative

Question 2

Lydos Column Krater

Answer 2

550 BCE
Grand Style
Dionysus returning Hephaestus to Olympus
Celebrator mood

Question 3

Exekias Kylix Cup

Answer 3

530 BCE
Grand Style
Dionysus on a boat surrounded by dolphins
Becoming alike the God

Question 4

Exekias Belly Amphora

Answer 4

540 - 530 BCE
Grand Style
Ajax and Achilles dicing
Kastor and Polydeukes return
Achilles vs Ajax in death, Polydeukes giving Kastor half of his immortality

Question 5

Amasis Painter Lekythoi

Answer 5

550-530 BCE
Grand Style
Typical wedding
Travelling from Parents to groom
Domestic activities
Reinforces domesticated activities of women

Question 6

Middle Korinthian

Answer 6

585 BCE
Corinthian Miniaturist
Wedding of Helen and Paris

Question 7

Antimenes Painter Hydria

Answer 7

510 BCE
Grand Style
Men departing for battle
Women filling up hydria (Hydrophoria)
Patriarchy.

Question 8

Bilingual Belly Amphora

Answer 8

515 BCE
Bi-lingual
Herakles reclining on a kilne
Dionysus reclining on a kilne
Heroising the symposia and become alike the Gods

Question 9

Euphronios Calyx Krater [a]

Answer 9

510-500 BCE
Pioneer
Herakles wrestling Antaios
Polykles giving a flute recital
Heroising wrestling and the action of flute playing. Both were in the Olympics. Civilised

Question 10

Euphronios Calyx Krater [b]

Answer 10

510-500 BCE
Pioneer
Hermes overseeing Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of the deceased Sarpedon
Greek youths equipping armour for battle
Heroising war for the youth. They want to become like Sarpedon

Question 11

Euphronios Psykter

Answer 11

510-500 BCE
Pioneer
4 Hetairai engaging in symposia
Parody of the male symposia.

Question 12

Euthymides Belly Amphora

Answer 12

510 BCE
Pioneer
Three komasts dancing
Hector dressing for war
Elite male duties. Use of drapery

Question 13

Kleophrades Hydria

Answer 13

480 BCE
Mannerist
Friezes of the Trojan War
Mainly Ajax rape and murder of Cassandra
Against war, painters city had just been destroyed.

Question 14

Niobid Calyx Krater

Answer 14

470 - 460 BCE
Mannerist
Herakles and Theseus
Apollo and Artemis slaughtering children of Niobe
Acting, performance like

Question 15

Pan Hydria

Answer 15

460 BCE
Mannerist
Perseus and Athena fleeing the decapitated Medusa
Reversal of typical gender roles

Question 16

Pan Bell Krater

Answer 16

470 - 460 BCE
Mannerist
Artemis killing Aktaion
Pan chasing goatherd
Athenian victory over the Persians

Question 17

Berlin Neck Amphora

Answer 17

490 BCE
Mannerist
A kithara player
Divine worship of the Gods through music

Question 18

Heiron Kylix Cup

Answer 18

480 BCE
Red Figure
A Symposia
Importance of culture ideologies

Question 19

Douris Pyxis

Answer 19

500 - 470 BCE
Ref-Figure
A domesticated bathroom scene.
Helen, Iphigeneia, Cassandra, Clymnstra, Danae
Reinforces domesticated actions of women.