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This terracotta lekythos bears a plastic decoration (figures moulded in clay). Boreas and Oreithyia are depicted. Boreas is a winged young man. He wears chiton, chlamys and boots. He grabs with both hands the daughter of Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens. The young Oreithyia lies naked on the ground and raises both her hands in a help-seeking gesture.
Caption Attic plastic lekythos from Tanagra with the abduction of Oreithyia by Boreas
Mythic people Oreithyia (heroine) ,Boreas (Deity)
Type Clay object
Artist/Creator Attic workshop
Origin Tanagra, Boeotia
Current position National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Index number A 2059
Dating early 4th c. BC
Notes
Karouzou Semni. Une tombe de Tanagra. BCH 95, 1971. pp. 109- 145 (persee.fr) (για αυτό το αγγείο βλ. 118-121, εικ. 10-11)
Έχει υποστηριχθεί ότι η φτερωτή ανδρική μορφή θα μπορούσε να ταυτιστεί με το Θάνατο ή τον Ύπνο.
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