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Wall Paintings

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Pausanias (Paus.).
 
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Troy.
Knidos (in text as “Knidians”).
Delphi.

• (Iliupersis [Sack of Troy]) by Polygnotos in the Lesche of the Knidians, Delphi: Paus. 10.26.2 (Akamas and Ajax) (note also Ajax in the Nekyia: Paus. 10.31.1)

Vase Paintings

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Delphic (in text as “Delphi”).
Vulci.
Orvietto.
Agrigento.
Spina.
Eleusinis (in text as “Eleusinian”).
Etruria.
Agrigento.
Altamura.
Spina.
Lokri.
Vulci.
Etruria.
Vulci.
Nola.
Bologna.
Crete.
Vulci.
Italy.
Vulci.
Greece.
Attica (in text as “Attic”).
Greece.
Thebes.

1. Aigeus:

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   Delphic (in text as “Delphi”).
   

   • Aigeus at the Delphi oracle:
     1. Berlin F 2538: tondo of the Kodros Painter’s kylix, ca. 440-430 (Aigeus labelled; shown here).
   • Aigeus greets Theseus:
     1. Louvre G 195: Red-figure skyphos fragments by the Brygos Painter, ca. 480-470.
     2. Paris, Bib. Nat. 571: Red-figure cup fragments in the manner of the Brygos Painter, related to the Castelgiorgio Painter, ca. 480-470.
     3. London E 264: Red-figure squat amphora by the Oinanthe Painter, ca. 470-460.
     4. St. Petersburg St. 1692: Red-figure stamnos by Hermonax, ca. 470-460.
     5. Fitzwilliam ? [CVA 2/1936, pl. 12.1a]: Red-figure pelike, ca. 440-430.
     6. St. Petersburg St. 1599: Red-figure neck amphora by the Schuvalov Painter, ca. 430-420.
   • Aigeus at the departure of Theseus (and Ajax):
     1. Bologna PU 273: Red-figure cup by the Kodros Painter, ca. 440-430 (Aigeus, Ajax, and Theseus labelled).
     2. Athens, NM 1185: Red-figure pelike by Aison, ca. 420-410 (Aigeus labelled).
   • Other scenes of Aigeus with Theseus:
     1. Once Rome art market: Red-figure stamnos by the Tyzkiewicz Painter, ca. 480-470.
     2. Bari 1396: Red-figure column krater by the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, ca. 460-450.
     3. Bologna 364: Red-figure column krater, ca. 440-430.
     4. New York 56.171.48: Red-figure calyx krater by the Group of Polygnotos, ca. 440-430.
     5. Bologna 245: Red-figure column krater by the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy, ca. 440-430.
     6. Athens, NM 13026: Red-figure pelike by the Painter of the Louvre Centauromachy, ca. 440-430.
     7. Madrid 32.679/a: Red-figure bell krater by the Painter of Munich 2335, ca. 430-420.
     8. Florence 80: Red-figure skyphos fragments, ca. 430-420.
     9. Adolphseck 78: Red-figure calyx krater by the Kekrops Painter, ca. 410-400.
     10. St. Petersburg B 2680: Red-figure bell krater near the Pronomos Painter, ca. 400-390.
     11. Athens, NM 1434: Red-figure bell krater, ca. 390-380.
     12. Ferrara, Spina 238c: Red-figure skyphos, ca. 390-380.
     13. Ancona ? [ARV² 1453.14]: Red-figure bell krater by the Filottrano Painter, ca. 350-340.
     14. Thessaloniki 34.359: Red-figure bell krater by the Filottrano Painter, ca. 350-340.
     15. Louvre G 526: Red-figure bell krater by the Filottrano Painter, ca. 350-340.
2. Ajax:

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   Vulci.
   

   • The departure of Ajax:

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     Vulci.
     

     1. London E 16: Red-figure cup from Vulci, by Oltos, ca. 510-500.
   • Ajax with an Aphlaston:
     1. Athens, Acropolis 516: Red-figure skyphos fragment, ca. 480-470.
3. Akamas:

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   Orvietto.
   Agrigento.
   

   • Akamas and Damophon as children?:

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     Orvietto.
     

     1. Vienna 1773: Red-figure skyphos from Orvietto, attributed to the Lewis Painter, ca. 480-470.
   • Akamas founding a city:
     1. Japanese private collection [Para, 380.5]: Red-figure pelike by the Painter of the Birth of Athena, ca. 450-440, with Damophon and Akamas labelled.
   • Akamas at an Amazonomachy:

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     Agrigento.
     

     1. London 1899.7-21.5: Dinos from Agrigento, attributed to the Group of Polygnotos, ca. 440-430.
   • Akamas with the Herakleidai:
     1. Berlin 1969.6: Red-figure Lucanian column krater, ca. 420-410.
4. Erechtheus:
   • Erechtheus at the rape of Oreithyia:
     1. Berlin 2165: Red-figure pointed amphora by the Oreithyia Painter, ca. 480-470.
     2. London E 512: Red-figure oinochoe by the Pan Painter, ca. 470-460.
     3. St. Petersburg B 805: Red-figure stamnos by Hermonax, ca. 470-460.
     4. Villa Giulia ?: Red-figure pelike by Hermonax, ca. 470-460.
     5. Athens, Agora P 8959: Red-figure pelike fragments by Hermonax, ca. 460-450.
     6. Bologna 273: Red-figure volute krater by the Boreas Painter, ca. 460-450.
     7. Munich 2374: Red-figure calyx krater by the Boreas Painter, ca. 460-450.
     8. Munich ? [ARV² 1672]: Red-figure cup near the early Sabouroff Painter, ca. 460-450.
     9. Wuerzburg L 511: Red-figure pelike by the Niobid Painter, ca. 460-450.
     10. Bowdoin 08.3: Red-figure hydria by the Niobid Painter, ca. 460-450.
     11. Once Lucerne art market: Red-figure hydria by the Niobid Painter, ca. 460-450.
     12. Boston 1972.850: Red-figure calyx krater by the Niobid Painter, ca. 460-450.
     13. London, V&A 663-1864: Red-figure hydria, ca. 450-440.
     14. Heidelberg ? [Brommer, VL³ 262 B 7]: Red-figure fragment, ca. 450-440.
     15. Coll. Ludwig: Red-figure Stamnos by the Christie Painter, ca. 440-430.
     16. Frankfurt VF 406: Red-figure cup by the Euaion Painter, ca. 440-430.
     17. Athens, NM 1586: Red-figure pyxis by the Euaion Painter, ca. 440-430 .
   • Erechtheus and Kekrops at the rape of Oreithyia by Boreas:
     1. Munich 2345: Name vase (red-figure pointed amphora) of the Oreithyia Painter, ca. 480-470 (Erechtheus and Kekrops labelled).
     2. Warsaw 142359: Red-figure stamnos in the manner of the Painter of the Yale Oinochoe, ca. 470-460.
     3. Bologna 201: Red-figure column krater near the Boreas Painter, ca. 460-450.
     4. Ferrara T 11 C VP: Red-figure volute krater by the Niobid Painter, ca. 450-440 .
   • Erechtheus at the death of Prokris:
     1. London E 477: Red-figure column krater by the Hephaistos Painter, ca. 440-430 .
5. The birth of Erichthonios:
   • Kekrops at the birth of Erichthonios:
     1. Palermo 769: White-ground black-figure lekythos by the Ampurias Painter, ca. 500-490.
     2. Kiel [ARV² 1201.4]: Red-figure lekythos by the Selinus Painter, ca. 430-420.
     3. Prague [Brommer, VL³ 265 B 9]: Red-figure calyx krater fragment, ca. 420-410.
     4. Palermo ?: Red-figure calyx krater near the Talos Painter, ca. 410-400.
     5. Athens, NM 1192: Late red-figure loutrophoros fragment, ca. 410-400 .
   • Aigeus and Kekrops at the birth of Erichthonios:
     1. Berlin F 2537: Red-figure cup by the Kodros Painter, ca. 440-430.
6. Hippothoon:

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   Spina.
   Eleusinis (in text as “Eleusinian”).
   Etruria.
   Agrigento.
   Altamura.
   Spina.
   Lokri.
   Vulci.
   

   • Hippothoon as a child:

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     Spina.
     

     1. Ferrara T 579: Red-figure volute krater from Spina, attributed to the Painter of Bologna 279, ca. 450-440.
     2. Tuebingen 1610: Red-figure Kersch jug, ca. 330-320 .
   • Hippothoon with Eleusinian deities:

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     Etruria.
     Agrigento.
     Altamura.
     Spina.
     Lokri.
     Vulci.
     

     1. Louvre G 371: Red-figure stamnos from Etruria, by to the Berlin Painter, ca. 470-460.
     2. Palermo V 779: Red-figure bell krater from Agrigento, by the Oreithyia Painter, ca. 470-460, with Hippothoon labelled.
     3. Copenhagen 3612: Red-figure stamnos by the Deepdene Painter, ca. 470-460.
     4. London E 469: Red-figure volute krater from Altamura, by the Altamura Painter, ca. 470-460.
     5. St. Petersburg 639: Red-figure volute krater by the Altamura Painter, ca. 470-460.
     6. Ferrara T 313: Red-figure calyx krater from Spina, by the Niobid Painter, ca. 450-440.
     7. Reggio ? [ARV 421.32]: Red-figure volute krater from Lokri, by the Niobid Painter, ca. 450-440.
     8. Louvre G 343: Red-figure volute krater by the Niobid Painter, ca. 450-440.
     9. Munich 2685: Red-figure cup from Vulci, by the Sabouroff Painter, ca. 450-440 .
7. Kekrops:
   • Kekrops with the Kekropids:
     1. Los Angeles A 5933.50.34: Red-figure calyx krater by the Mykonos Painter, ca. 470-460.
     2. Los Angeles A 5933.50.12: Red-figure column krater by the Syracuse Painter, ca. 470-460.
     3. Naples 3045: Red-figure pelike by the Leningrad Painter, ca. 470-460.
     4. London E 788: Red-figure rhyton by the Sotades Painter, ca. 460-450 .
   • Kekrops and Buzyges:
     1. Harvard 60.345: Red-figure bell krater by the Hephaistos Painter, ca. 430-420 .
   • Kekrops at the contest between Athena and Poseidon:
     1. Athens, NM 594: Red-figure pyxis lid fragments by the Mikion Painter, ca. 400-390.
     2. St. Petersburg KAB 6a: Kertsch hydria by the Painter of the Wedding Procession, ca. 360-350 .
8. Pandion:
   • Pandion with Athena:
     1. Paris, Bib. Nat. 260: Black-figure olpe by the Leagros Group, ca. 510-500 .
   • Pandion witnessing the deeds of Theseus:
     1. Brussels R 303: Red-figure pointed amphora by the Syleus Painter, ca. 470-460 (inscribed Paneidon).
     2. Ferrara T 18 C VP: Red-figure cup by the Diomedes Painter, ca. 460-450 .
9. Phyle heroes in Trojan scenes (see also the Parthenon, North Metopes):

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   Etruria.
   Vulci.
   Nola.
   Bologna.
   Crete.
   Vulci.
   Italy.
   

   • Rape of the Palladion (Statue of Pallas Athena):

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     Etruria.
     

     1. St. Petersburg St. 830: Red-figure plate from Etruria, by Makron, ca. 490-480, with Diomedes, Damophon, and Akamas labelled.
   • The Trojan Horse:
     1. Wuerzburg H 4695: Red-figure calyx krater, ca. 400-390.
   • The release of Aithra:

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     Vulci.
     Nola.
     Bologna.
     Crete.
     

     1. London E 458: Red-figure calyx krater from Vulci, by Myson, ca. 500-490, with Akamas and Damophon labelled.
     2. Naples 2422: Red-figure hydria from Nola, by the Kleophrades Painter, ca. 480-470.
     3. Bologna 268: Red-figure volute krater from Bologna, by the Niobid Painter, ca. 470-460.
     4. Bologna 269: Red-figure volute krater from Bologna, by the Niobid Painter, ca. 460-450.
     5. Munich J 341: White-ground plate from Vulci, ca. 460-450.
     6. Berlin F 2408: Red-figure oinochoe from Crete, by the Nausicaa Painter, ca. 460-450.
     7. Agrigento ?: Red-figure neck amphora, ca. 440-430.
   • Akamas at the sacrifice of Polyxena:

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     Vulci.
     Italy.
     

     1. Louvre G 152.: Red-figure cup from Vulci, by the Brygos Painter, ca. 490-480, with Akamas labelled.
     2. Louvre G 153: Red-figure cup from Italy, by Makron, ca. 490-480 .
10. Phyle heroes at Dithyrambic victories:

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    Vulci.
    Greece.
    

    1. London E 284: Red-figure amphora attributed to the Nausicaa Painter, ca. 460-450.
    2. Munich 2412: Red-figure stamnos from Vulci, attributed to the Hector Painter, ca. 420-410.
    3. Copenhagen Chr. VIII 939: Red-figure bell krater from Greece, ca. 420-410.
11. Other appearances of the eponymous heroes:

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    Attica (in text as “Attic”).
    Greece.
    Thebes.
    

    1. Richmond 79.100: Ram’s head rhyton, attributed to the Triptolemos Painter, ca. 480-470, with Kekrops, Aigeus, and Pandion at a symposium of the Attic kings.
    2. Palermo 12480: Red-figure oinochoe by the Eretria Painter, ca. 430-420 (Pandion labelled).
    3. London 98.7-16.6: Red-figure volute krater from Greece, attributed to the Nikias Painter, ca. 420-410.
    4. Naples Stg. 311: Red-figure lekanis by the Meidias Painter, ca. 420-410, with Antiochos and Pandion labelled.
    5. London E 224: Hydria (name vase) of the Meidias Painter (the “Hamilton Hydria”), ca. 420-410, showing Akamas, Antiochos, Hippothoon and Oineus in the Gardens of the Hesperides (side B, a detail of Antiochos and a detail of Oineus, shown here).
    6. Syracuse 30747: Red-figure bell krater by the Dinos Painter, ca. 410-400, with Akamas, Pandion, and Oineus labelled.
    7. Athens, NM ?: Red-figure oinochoe fragment from the Kabeirion (Thebes), attributed to the Helen Painter, ca. 370-360.

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