Stamnos (wine jar): Nike, Amphitrite and Poseidon
Artist: The Syleus Painter (Greek)
Date: about 480 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 14 1/8 in. (36 cm); Diam. of lip: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), Diam. of body: 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm), Diam. of foot: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm)
Medium: Red Figure; Molded, wheel-thrown, and slip-decorated earthenware
Place of Origin: Greece, Attica
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1956.58
Label Text:The scene on this wine storage jar shows Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, his queen, sitting facing each other on folding stools. Nike (victory) spreads her wings and stands between them, ready to replenish the wine in their phialai (offering bowls). The symbolism (sea gods, Nike, military camp stools) and the date the jar was made suggest that this composition, also known on other vases, celebrates the historic defeat of the enormous Persian navy by the Athenians and their Greek allies at the Battle of Salamis in September 480 BCE.
DescriptionFront: Nike, goddess of victory, between Amphitrite and Poseidon.
Back: athletes and a trainer.
Back: athletes and a trainer.
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