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Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
Harrow Painter480 BCE - 470 BCE
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
Side A: Theseus and Poseidon clasp hands. Nereus and Amphitrite on left, Nereid on right; Side B: bearded man and three youths, one playing the kithara.
This majestic vase shows how Theseus visited the palace of his divine father Poseidon and was crowned by Poseidon's consort Amphitrite (Bacchylides 16:97).
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- Title: Column Krater (mixing bowl for wine and water): Theseus and Poseidon; Musician and Audience
- Creator Lifespan: 1/1
- Date: 480 BCE - 470 BCE
- Technique: Red-figure
- Physical Dimensions: h48.5 x d42.0 cm (with handles)
- Period: Classical period, Early
- Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
- Creation Place: Attica/Europe/Ancient & Byzantine World
- Artist: The Harrow Painter
- Type: Vessels
- External Link: Harvard Art Museums
- Medium: Terracotta
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