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Detail: Interior
Drinking cup (kylix) depicting Herakles rescuing Deianeira from Nessos
Greek
Classical Period
about 420–410 B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Greece, Attica, Athens
Medium/Technique
Ceramic, Red Figure
Dimensions
Height: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); diameter 34.8 cm (13 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number00.344
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsVessels
Catalogue Raisonné
Caskey-Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings (MFA), no. 171.
DescriptionInterior: The abduction of Deianeira from her husband Heracles by the centaur Nessos. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module). In the exergue, the signatures of the potter 'Erginos made it' (EPGINOS) and painter 'Aristopanes painted it' (ARISTOPH[AN]ES) appear in BG.
Exterior: Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths Figures. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module).
On the interior of this kylix is a scene from the life of Herakles, the great Greek hero. Herakles' wife, Deianeira, is being abducted by the centaur Nessos. To save his wife from being carried away, Herakles felled Nessos with a poison arrow. On the exterior of the cup is a popular fifth-century scene showing the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapith family. This vase was signed by both the potter and the painter.
Exterior: Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths Figures. Inscribed names accompany the figures (see inscription module).
On the interior of this kylix is a scene from the life of Herakles, the great Greek hero. Herakles' wife, Deianeira, is being abducted by the centaur Nessos. To save his wife from being carried away, Herakles felled Nessos with a poison arrow. On the exterior of the cup is a popular fifth-century scene showing the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapith family. This vase was signed by both the potter and the painter.
Signed
Erginos made it Aristophanes drew it
ΕΡΛΙΝΟΣ : ΕΠΟ[ΙΕ]SΕΝ
ΑΡ[Ι]ΣΤΟΦΑ[ΝΕ]Σ: ΕΛΡΑΦΕ
ΕΡΛΙΝΟΣ : ΕΠΟ[ΙΕ]SΕΝ
ΑΡ[Ι]ΣΤΟΦΑ[ΝΕ]Σ: ΕΛΡΑΦΕ
InscriptionsInterior:
Tondo- ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ, ΝΕΣΣΟΣ, ΔΕΙΑΝΕΙΡΑ
Exergue of the tondo-
ΕΡΛΙΝΟΣ : ΕΠΟ[ΙΕ]SΕΝ
ΑΡ[Ι]ΣΤΟΦΑ[ΝΕ]Σ: ΕΛΡΑΦΕ
Exterior Side A:
middle group - ΠΕΡΙΘΟΣ, ΥΨΙΠVΛΟΣ
Right hand group - ΘΗΣΕVΣ, ΝVΚ[Τ]ΕVΣ
Left hand group - ΣΚΙΡΤΟΣ, ΑΙΟΛΟΣ
Exterior Side B:
middle group - ΑΝΤΙΒΑΤΕΣ, ΕVΡVΠVΛΟΣ
Left hand group - ΕΛΡΕΤΟΣ ΑΣΜΕΤΟΣ
Right hand group - ΜΑΙΝΕVΕΣ, ΑΝΤΙΘΗ[ΟΣ]
Tondo- ΗΡΑΚΛΕΣ, ΝΕΣΣΟΣ, ΔΕΙΑΝΕΙΡΑ
Exergue of the tondo-
ΕΡΛΙΝΟΣ : ΕΠΟ[ΙΕ]SΕΝ
ΑΡ[Ι]ΣΤΟΦΑ[ΝΕ]Σ: ΕΛΡΑΦΕ
Exterior Side A:
middle group - ΠΕΡΙΘΟΣ, ΥΨΙΠVΛΟΣ
Right hand group - ΘΗΣΕVΣ, ΝVΚ[Τ]ΕVΣ
Left hand group - ΣΚΙΡΤΟΣ, ΑΙΟΛΟΣ
Exterior Side B:
middle group - ΑΝΤΙΒΑΤΕΣ, ΕVΡVΠVΛΟΣ
Left hand group - ΕΛΡΕΤΟΣ ΑΣΜΕΤΟΣ
Right hand group - ΜΑΙΝΕVΕΣ, ΑΝΤΙΘΗ[ΟΣ]
Provenance1878: first published by G. Körte in AZ, p. 114; according to L. D. Caskey and J. D. Beazley, Attic Vase Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, III, nos. 171 and 172 [00.344 and 00.345] were from the collection of Count Bruschi at Tarquinia; by 1900: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: It is said these two vases [00.344 and 00.345] were found in one tomb); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, February 1900