DESCRIPTION

No C 37
Florence, Museo Aroheologico Etrusco 3804
Black-figure amphora

A god 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 obliquely upward, the hand holding a staff. The god has a pointed beard and close-cropped hair. His dress consists of a chiton and a himation, which covers the left arm.

There are three figures at each side of the picture. At the right a goddess, the left forearm extended obliquely downward, the hand with extended fingers seen from the back, the right arm raised, the hand with extended fingers seen on the palm, Heracles, identified by the lion's skin, and Ares, characterised as such by helmet, shield and greaves. At the left side stand a goddess, the right arm extended obliquely downward, the hand with extended fingers seen from the back, the left arm raised with palm turned outward and extended fingers, Apollo, identified by the zither, and Hermes, identified by the short chiton, the chlamys and the endromides.

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