Drinking Cup (Kylix) with Heracles and Telamon

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Drinking Cup (Kylix) with Heracles and Telamon

Artist The Euergides Painter (Greek, active 510-500 BCE)

Place of OriginGreek, Attic

Dateabout 515 BCE

Dimensions4 5/8 × 15 1/4 × 11 3/4 × 11 13/16 × 15 1/8 × 4 3/4 in. (11.8 × 38.7 × 29.8 × 30 × 38.5 × 12 cm)

MediumRed Figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details

ClassificationCeramics

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1961.25

On View

Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic

DescriptionLarge kylix with molded ridge at the base, curved footplate, and angular black-glossed underside. Relief lines for all contours. Interior features a rooster crowing, surrounded by the potter’s signature: ΕΥΕΡΓΙΔΕΣ ΕΠΟΙΕΣΕΝ. Side A: Herakles slays an opponent. Herakles, beardless and draped in a lion’s pelt, forces the opponent to the ground with his left hand while poised to strike with a sword. The opponent, in a chiton and Corinthian helmet, collapses as Ares (or another armed companion) rushes in, wielding a lance and shield. Side B: Hoplite combat. A wounded warrior collapses while hurling a spear, accompanied by two other warriors in Corinthian helmets and shields, one with a crouching dog depicted. Above: Inscription HΟ ΠΑΙΣ ΚΑΛΟΣ (The boy is beautiful).

Label TextAlthough the Twelve Labors are the most famous aspect of the Herakles myth, the story of the hero does not end there. At one point he joined the Argonauts, most famous for their journey with Jason to find the Golden Fleece. It was here that he met Telamon, depicted on the far right of this kylix. A small precursor to the Trojan War, the scene represents Herakles’ siege of Troy after the Trojan king Laomedon refused to make good on a promise (see the “Iliad and the Odyssey” case for more information on the Trojan War).Published References

Kunstwerke der Antike: Auktion XXII, Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, 13 Mai 1961, p. 82, lot no. 155.

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Boulter, Cedric G., and Kurt T. Luckner, Corpus vasorum antiquorum: Toledo Museum of Art, U.S.A. Fasc. 17, Toledo, 1976, p. 31-32, repr. pl. 48 and 49,2, fig. 6-8; profile drawing fig. 10.

Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae, Zurich, 1994, vol. 7-1, p. 979, vol. 7-2, repr. p. 711.

Russell, Pamela J., Ceramics and Society: Making and Marketing Ancient Greek Pottery, Tampa, Tampa Museum of Art, 1994, no. 35, pp. 60-61, repr.

Ivanov, Dimitar, Ares, Sofia, St. Clement Ohridski University Press, 2000, fig. 8 (det., col.).

Matthew, Christopher, "When Push Comes to Shove: What was the Othismos of Hoplite Combat?" Historia, Franz Steiner Verlag, vol. 58, no. 4, 2009, repr. p. 401.

Exhibition History

Tampa Museum of Art, Ceramics and Society: Making and Marketing Ancient Greek Pottery, 1994, no. 35.