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🎨 Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)

  • Date (ca. 570 BCE): LIMC. Place (Chiusi): BAPD; Digital LIMC. Attribution (Kleitias): Digital LIMC, BAPD. Excavated 1844.
  • Alternative name
    FranΓ§ois Vase
    Source subtype
    Vessel
    Period
    Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)
    Place of creation
    🌍 Attica
    Place of recovery
    🌍 Chiusi (Etruria)
    UNESCO status
    In a collection or on the market prior to ratification
    Collection
    Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Fiorenze / National Archaeological Museum, Florence
    Inventory number
    4209
    BAPD vase number
    300000
    LIMC catalog references
    Antenor I 2; Antiochos 1; Achilleus 292; Achilleus 493; Achilleus 873; Amphitrite 54; Aphrodite 1291; Aphrodite 1320; Aphrodite 1503; Apollon 876; Ares 74; Ares 84; Ariadne 48; Artemis 33; Artemis 1282; Artemis 1286; Atalante 2; Athena 9; Automedon 28; Canes 7; Chariklo I 3; Charis, Charites 15; Cheiron 42; Damasippos 1; Demeter 475; Dionysos 496; Dionysos 567; Eriboia 1; Gorgo, Gorgones 234; Hasbolos 1; Hektor 50; Hera 309; Hera 421; Hephaistos 114; Hephaistos 186; Hermes 572; Hestia 5; Hippodameia II 1; Horai 45; Hylaios 1; Iris I 126; Kaineus 67; Kentauroi et Kentaurides 154; Koronis 5; Maia 14; Maia 208; Meilanion 2; Meleagros 7; Meleagros 402; Meleagros 403; Moirai 25; Mousa, Mousai 121; Nereus 95; Nymphai 25; Nymphai 44; Odysseus 50; Okeanos 3; Okeanos 172; Peirithoos 3; Peirithoos 208; Peleus 34; Peleus 212; Polites I 1; Poseidon 183; Priamos 30; Priamos 466; Pygmaioi 1; Pygmaioi 495; Rhodia 1; Silenoi 22; Themis 21; Theseus 264; Theseus 276; Theseus 279; Troon 1
    Has depictions of
    πŸ‘€ Achilles greatest Greek hero at Troy, leader of the Myrmidon contingentπŸ‘€ Antenor (Trojan) prominent TrojanπŸ‘€ Apollo Olympian godπŸ‘€ Athena Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Hector (Trojan) Trojan hero, son of PriamπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian godπŸ‘€ Polites (Trojan) son of PriamπŸ‘€ Polyxene daughter of PriamπŸ‘€ Priam king of TroyπŸ‘€ Thetis Nereid, mother of AchillesπŸ‘€ Troilos son of Priam or Apollo and HecabeπŸ›οΈ the Walls of Troy on the Citadel of TroyπŸ›οΈ the Spring at Troy at which Achilles ambushes Troilos; perhaps associated with the Temple of Apollo ThymbraiosπŸ‘€ Troon Trojan youthπŸ‘€ Rhodia young Trojan womanπŸ‘€ Agrios (centaur) centaurπŸ‘₯ the Centaurs half-horse half-human beingsπŸ‘€ Hylaios (centaur I) centaur killed by AtalanteπŸ‘€ Theseus Athenian heroπŸ‘€ Caineus Lapith, Argonaut, originally CainisπŸ‘₯ the Lapiths attacked by Centaurs group that fought the centaurs at the wedding of PeirithousπŸ‘€ Dryas (Lapith) Lapith⏳ the Wedding of Peirithous and Hippodameia at which the Lapiths and the Centaurs fightπŸ‘€ Petraios centaurπŸ‘€ Melanchaites (centaur) centaur depicted on the Francois VaseπŸ‘€ Antimachos (Lapith) Lapith and Calydonian Boar Hunter on the Francois VaseπŸ‘€ Hasbolos Centaur who kills CaineusπŸ‘€ Pyrrhos (centaur) killed in the fight with the LapithsπŸ‘€ Therandros centaurπŸ‘€ Oroibios centaurπŸ‘€ Hopleus (Lapith)πŸ‘€ Acastos (s. of Pelias) son of Pelias, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Admetos (Argonaut) Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Ancaios (Arcadian) son of Lycourgos, Arcadian, Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Atalante Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Peleus son of Aiacos, father of AchillesπŸ‘€ Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Melanion (h. of Atalante)πŸ‘€ Meleagros led Calydonian Boar hunt, ArgonautπŸ‘₯ the Hunters of the Calydonian Boar led by MeleagrosπŸ‘€ Euthymachos Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Thorax Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Antandros Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Harpaleas Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Aristandros Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Cimerios Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Toxamis Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Pausileon Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Cynortes Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ Simon (boar hunter) Calydonian Boar hunterπŸ‘€ the Calydonian Boar monstrous boar hunted by Meleagros and his companionsπŸ‘₯ the Dogs of the Hunters of the Calydonian BoarπŸ‘€ Labros (Calydonian dog)πŸ‘€ Methepon (dog)πŸ‘€ Egertes (dog)πŸ‘€ Eubolos (dog)πŸ‘€ Corax (dog)πŸ‘€ Marpsas (dog)πŸ‘€ Ormenos (dog)πŸ‘€ Damasippos son of IcariosπŸ‘€ Diomedes (Argive I) son of Tydeus, leader of the Argos contingent at TroyπŸ‘€ Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy⏳ the Funeral Games of Patroclos (Troy) held on the Plain and Beach of TroyπŸ‘€ Automedon (charioteer) charioteer of Achilles and PatroclosπŸ‘€ Hippothoon (Greek at Troy) competitor in the funeral games for PatroclosπŸ‘₯ the Greek Contingent at Troy led by AgamemnonπŸ‘€ Aphrodite Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Ares Olympian godπŸ‘€ Artemis Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hera Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Poseidon Olympian godπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hephaistos Olympian god🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) mountain in northern Greece, home of the Olympian GodsπŸ‘₯ the Satyrs creatures with bestial features, often associated with DionysosπŸ‘€ Cheiron (centaur) centaur🏺 the Golden Urn of Thetis created by Hephaistos, holds remains of Achilles⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis held in Thessaly, with the gods in attendanceπŸ‘€ Amphitrite wife of Poseidon, Oceanid or Nereid according to different traditionsπŸ‘€ Calliope MuseπŸ‘₯ the Charites personifications of grace, sometimes singular ('Charis')πŸ‘€ Cleio (Muse) MuseπŸ‘€ Demeter Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Doris (Oceanid) Oceanid, mother of the NereidsπŸ‘€ Erato (Muse) MuseπŸ‘€ Euterpe MuseπŸ‘€ Hestia Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Oceanos (Titan) Titan, personification of OceanπŸ‘€ Tethys TitanπŸ‘€ Iris personification of the rainbow, messenger of the godsπŸ‘€ Ourania (Muse) MuseπŸ‘₯ the Horai personifications of natural orderπŸ‘₯ the Muses personifications of poetry and musicπŸ‘€ Polymnia MuseπŸ‘€ Leto mother of Artemis and ApolloπŸ‘€ Maia daughter of Atlas, mother of HermesπŸ‘€ Melpomene MuseπŸ‘₯ the Moirai the FatesπŸ‘€ Nereus son of Pontos and Ge, father of the NereidsπŸ‘€ Terpsichore MuseπŸ‘€ Thaleia (Muse) MuseπŸ‘€ Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) a NaiadπŸ‘€ Aias (the greater) son of Telamon, leader of the Salamis contingent at Troy, 'the greater'πŸ‘€ Antiochos (Heraclid) son of Heracles, eponym of Attic tribe AntiochisπŸ‘€ Ariadne daughter of MinosπŸ‘€ Periboia (Salamian) daughter of Alcathous, wife of Telamon, mother of Aias🏺 the Thread of Ariadne used by Theseus to escape the LabyrinthπŸ‘₯ the Final Athenian Tribute when Theseus participated🏺 the Ship of Theseus used by Theseus and the tribute for the expedition to Crete🏺 the Crown of AriadneπŸ‘€ Phaidimos (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Hippodameia (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Daidochos (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Menestho (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Eurysthenes (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Coronis (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Heuxistratos (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Damasistrate (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Asteria (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Hermippos (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Lysidice (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to CreteπŸ‘€ Procritos (Athenian) one of the Athenian youths sent to Crete
    Commentary
    Date (ca. 570 BCE): LIMC. Place (Chiusi): BAPD; Digital LIMC. Attribution (Kleitias): Digital LIMC, BAPD. Excavated 1844.
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