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The Judgment of Paris

Alternative Title
  • Vase E178
  • Hydria
Creator Display
  • unknown Ancient Greek (vase painter)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • -0475/-0465
Description
  • Pottery: red-figured hydria (water-jar). Judgment of Paris. On the right Paris, a beardless youth with long hair, a fringe of wavy locks around his forehead, a fillet, and an himation, is seated on Mount Ida playing on the chelys; at the foot of the mountain a ram is drawn in outline, standing to the right; its wool is indicated by <-shaped marks. To him the three goddesses advance in single file: first comes Hera in a bordered chiton with long sleeves and v-shaped marks, an himation, a saccos with flap beside the ear, and earrings; on her right arm her sceptre, surmounted with a honeysuckle flower, and in her left the Golden Apple of Discord. Next comes Athene, in long chiton, mantle hanging in pteryges, aegis dotted and bordered, with a fringe of snakes, a fillet, hair passed through a circular object, and earrings; on her right she carries her spear; her left is hidden behind the back of Hera. She turns her head to look at Aphrodite, who wears a long chiton, a mantle which covers her arms and the back of her head, and a dotted fillet. Each of the goddesses has a wavy loop of hair brought forward over the temples. Later stage of severe style; characteristic features are the full, nearly semicircular chin, the pouting lips, and the eye sloping downward towards the outer angle. Purple (nearly white) tuning-pegs of lyre. Brown wavy lines for hair against face, for markings of rock, and entire drawing of sheep. On the left the vase has received a large semicircular crack, which has been (anciently?) painted over with a thin line of purple. The design curves up over the shoulder. Above and below it, strips of pairs of maeander separated by red cross squares. Around the lip, egg pattern. --The British Museum
  • Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J; Smith, C H, Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum, I-IV, London, BMP, 1893; Walters, H B; Forsdyke, E J, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Great Britain 7, British Museum 5, London, BMP, 1930
View
  • Front
Temporal
  • ca. 470 BCE
Coverage
  • Capua, Campania, Italy (discovery)
  • Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece (creation)
Keyword
  • Judgment of Paris
  • Trojan Myth, Priorto, Iliad
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • pottery | painted
Measurements
  • Height: 33.02 cm
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_00036
Item Locator
  • Box 1, Section 2
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 1873,0820.353
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
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APA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). The Judgment of Paris Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693r85j

MLA

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "The Judgment of Paris" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693r85j

Chicago

Lowenstam Collection of Ancient Western Art and Archaeology, University of Oregon. "The Judgment of Paris" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df693r85j

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