Matheson, Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens (The University of Wisconsin Press, 1995), pp.

Recomposed from fragments, with some inpainting. Under rim: olive wreath ground line: meander pattern tongue pattern at handle attachments. Side B: Three youths, one with strigil, another with staff. Side A: Torch race: two runners with torches, altar, olive tree, prize hydria (water jar). To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. RobinsonĪsian and Mediterranean Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Robinson, Baltimore, MD, (by 1937-1958), bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1960. Jacob Hirsch, Geneva and Lucerne, (by 1937), sold to David M. View this object's location on our interactive mapģ6.1 cm h x 39.6 cm diam. The vessel was exported to Gela, a Greek city in Sicily (Italy).īell Krater (bowl for mixing wine and water): Torch RaceĪlternate Title: Red-figure Bell Krater: Torch Race with Prize Hydria Three YouthsĬreation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Gela (Sicily) The olive tree at right suggests that the race honored the goddess Athena and was an Athenian event. Their bulky bodies and tiny genitalia express physical aptitude and sexual modesty.

Reflecting actual practice, the youthful runners are shown nude (“gymnastics” comes from Greek gymnos, “naked”). On this mixing bowl for wine and water, competitors in a torch race run toward an altar with a man in priestly robes and the metal water jar (hydria) awarded to the victor. Ancient Greek athletic games took place in a religious context.

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