No C 11
Orvieto, Museo Civico 299
Black-figure amphora from Orvieto
Group E
Zeus is seated on a folding stool. He is represented with
head and legs in profile to the right, the body almost facing.
Seated, he is almost as tall as the surrounding standing
figures. The right forearm is extended almost horizontally
forward, with clenched hand. The left forearm is extended
horizontally forward, the hand holding a staff. The god has a
pointed beard and wears his long hair loose. His dress consists
of a chiton and a himation, which partly covers his
right arm.
Athena is represented emerging from the head of Zeus in a
sprinting position.
There are three deities on each side of the picture. On the
right stand a goddess, the right forearm extended obliquely
upward with palm turned outward and extended fingers,
the left arm presumably raised *), a god dressed in chiton and
himation, possibly Poseidon, and Ares, characterised as such
by helmet, shield and greaves. On the left side stand a goddess
with arms extended obliquely upward, Apollo, identified
by the zither, and a god dressed in chiton and himation,
probably Hermes **).
An owl perches on the staff of Zeus.
*) Cf. F. 02 (?)
**) Cf. no C 07
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