Amphiaraos crater
A late Corinthian - red-figure column crater is called an amphiaraos crater . He is considered a major work of Amphiaraos painter and one of the masterpieces of vase painting of Corinth .
In the time around 560 BC Chr. Dated Amphiaraos- crater pointed to the front of a rider Fries and above the exit of the Amphiaraos . The back was adorned with a battle frieze, above it again with Amphiaraos, who took part in the chariot race as part of the funeral games of Pelias . A wrestling match is also shown under one of the handles. The representations on the crater are considered particularly colorful and detailed. You can see the anger in the amphiaraoh's gaze, which he directs at Eriphyle, since she is the only one of the family members who does not ask for his happy return home. A sorrowful seer, also shown, indicates the imminent death of the hero . In this form the representation was also found on the Kypseloslade in Olympia mentioned by Pausanias .
The crater was found in Cerveteri in 1873 and ended up in the Berlin Collection of Antiquities , but has been lost since the end of the Second World War.
literature
- Matthias Steinhart : Amphiaraos-Krater , in Der Neue Pauly Vol. 1 (1996), Col. 609.