DESCRIPTION

No C 47
Paris, Musée du Louvre F4
Black-figure amphora
The Princeton Group

: not available.

A god, presumably Zeus, is seated on a chair. 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, the hand with extended fingers seen on the back. The left arm 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 upper arms.

There are four other deities on the picture. At the right side stand a goddess, the left arm raised, the right arm hanging down, Hermes, identified by the petasos and the endromides, and Ares, characterised as such by helmet, shield and greaves. At the left stands Dionysos only, identified by wreath and drinking horn.

The chair has plain curved legs and a curved back, ending in a swan's head.

A small figure of a winged sphinx is seen between the legs of the chair. Meaningless inscriptions are seen in the field.

C.V. Louvre III, IIIHe Pl. 10,7. Préparatifs de la naissance d'Athéna (?). Zeus assis devant Ilithyie (?) et entouré de Dionysos, Hermes, Ares.
Beazley, p. 301: Zeus seated, with goddess, Dionysos, Hermes and Ares (Semele entering Olympos?).

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