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Euthymides
Euthymides
Belly Amphora
Height: 60cm
Inscriptions
• All the figures on the
vase are named
• Euthymides signs
himself seven times,
including three times
as “Euthymides, son
of Pollias the
sculptor”
• He also named several
contemporaries on the
vase, including Megakles,
who was, apparently,
“beautiful”.
• Finally, Euthymides also
adds “As never
Euphronios”, a sign of a
friendly rivalry.
Side A
The Myth
Hector, son of King Priam of Troy, was the
greatest of the Trojan warriors. He led the
Trojans in the Trojan War, since Priam was too
old to fight.
Hector killed Patroclus, and Achilles met
Hector in a crucial scene in “The Iliad”.
Achilles killed Hector before dragging his body
from the back of his chariot around Patroclus’
tomb, every day for 12 days. With Hector’s
death, the fall of Troy was close at hand.
The mood of this frieze is sombre, as Hector says goodbye to his parents
Priam, an aged figure
with a bald head and a
stubbly beard, is
wrapped up in a cloak.
He leans on a knobbled
stick with his left hand,
and seems to be
gesturing to Hector with
his right.
The Trojan hero,
Hector, is in the
centre of the
frieze, preparing
himself for the
battle with
Achilles. He is
putting on his
leather corselet. His shield is
shown leaning
up against his
mother
He already wears
his metal greaves
Queen Hecuba stands at the
right of the frieze, holding
Hector’s spear.
The loose
The stiff folds in
folds at Hecuba’s
the back chiton and
of Priam’s himation.
cloak.
Pose
Hector’s pose still looks
unrealistic and awkward, but
Euthymides is experimenting
with foreshortening, and
mixing frontal with profile
figures.
Teles
Euedemos
The mood of this frieze is happy, as 3 drunken revellers return from the symposium
Drapery
The drapery on these figures is purely
decorative. The folds of the cloth hang loose, in
zigzag folds.
Pose
Komarchos stands in
profile with ¾ torso
Handles are
decorated with ivy
leaves Enclosed red-figure
palmettes
Stylised black-
figure buds