DESCRIPTION

No C 18
Paris, Musée du Louvre CA 616
Black-figure tripod kothon from Thebes
The C painter

Zeus is seated on a throne. He is represented with head and legs in profile to the right, the body diagonally, to the same scale as the surrounding standing figures. The feet rest on a footstool. The right forearm is extended horizontally forward, the hand holding a staff. The left forearm is extended obliquely upward, the hand grasping a thunderbolt. The god has a luxuriant beard and wears his long hair loose. His dress consists of a chiton and a hination, which covers his 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 consists of a peplos. She wears a helmet, carries a shield on the left arm and holds a spear in the right hand.

There are three deities on each side of the picture. On the right stand a goddess, the right forearm raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the palm, the left arm extended forward, with palm turned outward and extended fingers placed on the head of Zeus, Poseidon, identified by the trident, and a goddess without any attribute. On the left side stand a goddess, the right forearm extended obliquely upward, with palm turned outward and extended fingers placed on the head of Zeus, the left forearm raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the palm, Hephaistos, identified by the axe, and a goddess without any attribute.

The throne has rectangular legs decorated with double palmettes, and is backless.

The small figure of a naked man is seen squatting between the legs of the throne.

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