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The Berlin painter favored the arrangement of figures seen on this krater: one figure standing out against the black surface of the bowl on a band decorated with a meander. The youth served there as Zeus' cupbearer. Zeus (or his eagle) carried Ganymedes to Mt Olympus. He is depicted hurrying toward Ganymedes along a decorative meander. On the opposite side of the krater, Zeus is seen wearing a himation and carrying a sceptre.
These are further indications that Ganymedes is a youth. He plays with a hoop and holds a cockerel, the gift of Zeus. 430 BCE On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 159. These are Greek conventions that indicate the subject is a youth. Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) with stand. On this krater, Ganymedes is depicted as beardless, and his hair is loose and flowing. Ganymedes was a handsome Trojan prince whom Zeus fancied. Ariadne: Resources for Athenaze by John Gruber-Miller is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art. The krater does not have a foot so it was probably set on a stand of some sort. Photo credit: Lucanian red figure volute krater, Toledo 1981.110. The Ganymedes krater is lugged, meaning it has very short handles, one on each side of the krater at the opening. The bell krater measures 33 cm in height and 33 cm in diameter.Ī bell krater was a vessel in which water and wine were mixed at banquets. The painting appears on one side of an Attic red-figure bell krater of clay.
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