No C 13A
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire MF 154
B1ack-figure amphora
The Princeton Group

Zeus is seated on a throne. 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 feet rest on a footstool. The right arm is raised, the hand grasping a thunderbolt. The left forearm is extended obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff surmounted by a little ram's head. The god has a pointed beard and wears his, long hair loose, with a narrow headband. His dress consists of a chiton and a himation, which covers the left arm.

Athena is represented emerging from the head of Zeus in a sprinting position, head and legs in profile to the right, the body facing. Her dress presumably consists of a peplos. She wears a helmet and carries a shield, seen from the back, on the left arm; the right arm is raised with clenched fist.

There are five other deities in the picture. On the right stand two goddesses close together, one with the right forearm raised with palm turned inward and extended fingers placed on the nose, and the left arm extended obliquely downward with palm turned outward and extended fingers, the other with the right arm extended obliquely upward and the left arm extended obliquely downward, the palms being turned towards each other and the fingers extended, and Poseidon, identified by the trident. On the left side stand a goddess, the arms extended obliquely upward with palms turned towards each other and extended fingers placed on Zeus' head (?), and Apollo, identified by the zither.

The throne has rectangular, legs, ending in lion's paws, a curved back without decorative finial, and is provided with a cushion on the seat.

A small figure of a lion, represented in profile to the right, is seen between the legs of the throne.

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