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Red-figure krater from Acharnes

• Πλάτωνος-Γιώτα,  Μαρία

A red-figure krater with a representation on the main side of a victorious pentathlete receiving the J.Apprize from two Victories was found at Katevasia-Monomati, Acharnes to the east of the Roman complex excavated during the building of Kymis Avenue from Kato Kiphisia to the Olympic Village. The vase was probably erected on a tomb, since it was found to the north of an enclosure wall for which there are indications that it enclosed the Classical cemetery of the ancient deme of Pergase (Ano Pergasi). Unfortunately, this hypothesis could not be confirmed by excavation: the site was not investigated further, because it lay outside the boundaries of the expropriated land. The larger part of the krater is preserved in fragments, and the main side is in an excellent state of preservation. On the second, fragmentary, side there is a representation of a young man wearing a himation and a bearded man (possibly a trainer or instructor) engaged in conversation of a possibly erotic character, a scene that perhaps takes place in a palaestra or gymnasium.The krater was probably a prize for the victory won by the young athlete in some local contest, and is of great interest on several counts: the rare iconographie subject, the crowning of the athlete by two Victories, one winged and the other without wings; the small number of vases with depictions of athletic victories found in Attica; and the find spot on the periphery of the Olympic village.The painter of the vase (the Florence Painter) has retained several elements from the old tradition, in an attempt to reconcile the Archaic decorative style with the new age in his rendering of the figures and the drapery of the garments. The vase is dated to 470-460 BC.

• History and Archaeology

• Αρχαιολογία
• Archaeology and art
• Decorative arts

Οφείλω θερμές ευχαριστίες στον καθηγητή της Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών Π. Βαλαβάνη και στον αρχαιολόγο δρ. Γ. Καββαδία για τις χρήσιμες συζητήσεις και υποδείξεις τους σχετικά με την προσέγγιση του θέματος του αγγείου και την παροχή χρήσιμης βιβλιογραφίας. Ευχαριστώ επίσης τη συνάδελφο αρχαιολόγο Ε. Ασημάκου, που με βοήθησε να συγκεντρώσω τις βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές. Για τις φωτογραφίες του αντικείμενου και τις συγκριτικές φωτογραφίες, αντιγραφές από βιβλία, ευχαριστώ τον Dr. Klaus Valtin von Eickstedt., Περιέχει εικόνες, Το άρθρο περιέχεται στο τεύχος: Μέρος Α'-Μελέτες