No C 39
Tarquinia, Museo Civico RC 7453
Black-figure amphora from Tarquinia
The Antimenes Painter

A god, presumably 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 almost as tall as the surrounding standing figures. The right forearm is extended almost horizontally forward, the left forarm is extended obliquely upward, 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 covers the arms completely.

There are two deities at each side of the picture. At the right stand a goddess, the right arm extended obliquely upward, with palm turned outward and extended fingers, the left arm extended obliquely upward, the hand put on the head of Zeus, and Ares, characterised as such by helmet, shield, spear and greaves. At the left side stand a goddess, the arms extended to the back of Zeus, and Hermes, identified by the petasos, the kerukeion and the endromides.

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