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Boreas seizing Oreithyia 

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Attic red-figured oinochoe with trefoil mouth, found in Vulci, Italy with a depiction of Boreas seizing Oreithyia. Boreas has wings, beard and long hair. He wears a chitoniscos, and boots (endromides) with wings. He grabs with both hands the left arm of Oreithyia, who flees, seeking for help. She wears a chiton, a small himation and her hair is looped up with a fillet. On the left a Nymph flees. Behind Boreas an old man with a beard, the father of Oreithyia Erechtheus, sits on a rock sorrowful.


Caption Red-figured oinochoe depicting Boreas seizing Oreithyia

Mythic people Oreithyia (heroine) ,Boreas  (Deity)

Type Clay object

Artist/Creator The Pan Painter

Origin Vulci, producted in Attica

Current position The British Museum, London

Index number Ε512

Dating 480-460 BC

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British Museum

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