No C 26
New York, Metropolitan Museum 06.1097
Black-figure kylix
The painter of Louvre F 28
Zeus is seated on a folding stool. He is represented with
head and legs in profile to the right, the body diagonally.
Seated, he is as tall as the surrounding standing figures. The
right forearm is extended almost horizontally forward, the
hand with extended fingers seen on the back. The left forearm
is extended obliquely upward, the hand holding a spear. The
god has a pointed beard and wears his long hair loose, with a
taenia. His dress consists of a chiton and a himation, which
partly covers the arms.
Athena is represented standing on the lap of Zeus, head and
legs in profile to the right, the body facing. Her dress
presumably consists of a peplos. She wears a helmet, carries a
shield bearing a tripod as device on the left arm, and holds a
spear in the right hand.
There is one goddess on each side of the picture. On the right
stands a goddess, the right forearm raised, the hand with
extended fingers seen on the palm, the left forearm extended
almost horizontally forward, the hand with extended fingers
seen on the back. On the left a goddess, the left forearm
raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the palm, the
right forearm extended forward, the hand with extended fingers
seen on the back. There are also two naked and one dressed
male figure on each side of the picture, but they are not
concerned in the event.
Three ribbons hang on the wall. Meaningless inscriptions are
seen between the figures.
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