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
Notes
Related
Myths