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Hydria (Water Jar)

Red-figure the Orchard Painter · Hydria · 480-470 BCE

<p>This vase depicts the winged goddess Eos (Dawn), wearing a diadem, chiton and himation, pursuing an unnamed youth who is probably Tithonos: she has caught him by the arm. He wears a himation and holds a lyre in his left hand. On the left of the scene a boy, heavily wrapped in his himation, flees to the left, but turns his head back to the right: he was perhaps intended to be a schoolmate.</p>

Shape

Hydria

Technique

Red-figure

Date

480-470 BCE

Culture

Greece

Painter

the Orchard Painter

Attribution

Attributed