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lionofchaeronea · 4 months

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The god Dionysos, holding a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) in his right hand and a grapevine in his left. Side A of an Attic red-figure amphora attributed to the Berlin Painter and dated between 490 and 480 BCE. Found at Vulci; now in the Louvre.

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moonandserpent · 8 months

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Amphora by Moon and Serpent

#moon and serpent #handmade jewelry #support artists #amphora #antique #ancient #greek goddess #greek mythology #roman history #ancient rome #ancient greece #earrings #necklaces #pendants #gift #archaeology #artisanal

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smallestbubs · 7 months

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#rats #pet rats #fancy rat #animals #ratblr #cute #babu #amphora #lemming #leshy #nuxelle #dulset #ravine

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artifacts-archive · 2 months

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Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata

Egyptian, New Kingdom ca. 1390–1352 B.C.

#artifact #Egypt #New Kingdom #amphora

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blueiskewl · 3 months

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A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED PANEL AMPHORA ATTRIBUTED TO THE TYDEUS PAINTER, CIRCA 570-560 B.C.

#A CORINTHIAN BLACK-FIGURED PANEL AMPHORA #ATTRIBUTED TO THE TYDEUS PAINTER #CIRCA 570-560 B.C.#amphora #pottery #ancient pottery #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #ancient greece #greek history #greek art

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shewhoworshipscarlin · 6 months

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Panathenaic prize amphora, 530BC, Greece.

#amphora #pottery #ancient greece #antique #prize

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mythologyofthepoetandthemuse · 2 years

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Ancient Greek gold earrings with pendants of amphoras, 2nd century B.C.

#art #ancient greece #jewelry #high jewelry #amphora #earrings #craftmanship #κάλλος #hellenic #gold

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windywallflower · 2 years

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gemsofgreece · 4 months

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Hi!

I saw this amphora for the first time today when I was researching things about Helen of Sparta as a reference for drawing her. From what I saw, the woman is Helen and this art is dated 550 BC. I thought what she was wearing was really beautiful, so I looked up the name of this outfit so I could draw it better.

I got the impression that it's a peplos from the images I saw (in particular, these Kore statues are kind of similar because of the patterns: 1, 2, 3. And the shape reminds me of that) and because of the year of the amphora (I read that apparently peplos was popular around the same time), but I'm not sure. Also, is that veil that Helen wears a specific piece of clothing? The only similar thing I've seen referring to clothing in Greek visual arts is himation, but I also don't know if it's one because I haven't found a himation being used specifically in that way (the ones I saw seemed more involved around the body/head).

Do you (or anyone in the comments) know if it's a peplos? If it isn't a peplos, do you/anyone know what it is? And what is this veil, it's a himation?

Hi, I am pretty sure Helen’s outfit is indeed a peplos. You can also tell from how the fabric bulges on the torso.

As for the veil, yeah, I don’t think it’s a himation (it still might be though). It’s little known that occasionally Ancient Greek women did wear a veil, which was called καλύπτρα (kalyptra). A kalyptra was usually used by a matron, a dignified older married woman, likely an aristocrat, and in general the lady of the household. It was associated with propriety and the avoidance of unwanted advances.

Helen, as a married queen in the presence of several men as we see in this amphora, is totally eligible as a woman who would have a kalyptra on. It might also be the artist’s attempt to redeem Helen and in this way abdicate her of any responsibility when she was forced to leave Menelaus for Paris.

A kalyptra was a thing, though not as obligatory or paramount a garment as a veil was in Rome or in the Eastern cultures. The reason we probably don’t see it often in statuary is that Greek sculpture depicted mostly youth and the human body. Young unmarried girls wouldn’t wear such garments.

Here you can see the differences with himation. Himation was a thicker fabric, used for warmth. When cold, it could double as both a himation and a kalyptra. The thin fabric the woman with the chiton in the middle is holding could be a kalyptra.

Not an expert though, so if anyone else has more info about this, please share.

#Greece #Ancient Greece #Ancient Greek clothing #Ancient Greek fashion #Greek culture #peplos #helen of sparta #amphora #archaic period #ask #babyrdie

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ancientorigins · 25 days

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In 2020 an excavation of the sunken harbor of Kerpe was started. Now finds up to 2,400 years old are coming to light from the bottom of the bay in the first scientific underwater excavation ever undertaken in the Black Sea.

#Istanbul #Roman #Byzantine #Ottoman #trade #port #amphora

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yogadaily · 11 months

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lionofchaeronea · 8 months

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The goddess Athena. Obverse of a terracotta miniature Panathenaic amphora, attributed to a painter of the Bulas Group; ca. 400 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.