Michael c carlos greek&roman art pics

ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

AttributedAttributed to Underworld Painter (Greek, Apulian, active ca.

345 - 310 BCE)

AAT Object Form/Functionvolute kraters

AAT Object TechniqueRed-figure

Place CreatedItaly, Europe

CultureGreek, Apulian

Periodlate Classical

Dateca. 330-323 BCE

MediumCeramic

Credit LineLoaned by the Italian Republic/Concesso in prestito dalla Repubblica Italiana.

Dimensions31 11/16 x 15 5/8 in.

Michael c carlos greek mythology

(80.5 x 39.7 cm)

Object numberL2023.004.002

Label TextIt is possible that performances of a tragedy by the Athenian dramatist Euripides inspired the picture on this krater. His play Melanippe the Wise survives today only in fragments, but from an ancient summary of the plot we are able to reconstruct the story.

Here, the drama unfolds in the lower register, with the protagonists named by inscriptions, while the gods look down from Olympus above.

According to myth, Melanippe bore twin sons to Poseid