Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) ca. 330–310 Attributed to the Ixion Painter On the body, obverse, Hippolytos, attendant, and Phaidra, with a Fury aboveReverse, two youthsOn the neck, obverse and reverse, youthThe Ixion Painter drew on many sources, including drama and mythology, for his vases. The representation her shows Hippolytos, the son of the Athenian hero Theseus, and his step-mother, Phaidra, seated on the right. She fell in love with the youth, and when he repulsed her advances, she killed herself, leaving a letter incriminating Hippolytos. Theseus believed her allegations and was
Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) ca. 330–310 Attributed to the Ixion Painter On the body, obverse, Hippolytos, attendant, and Phaidra, with a Fury aboveReverse, two youthsOn the neck, obverse and reverse, youthThe Ixion Painter drew on many sources, including drama and mythology, for his vases. The representation her shows Hippolytos, the son of the Athenian hero Theseus, and his step-mother, Phaidra, seated on the right. She fell in love with the youth, and when he repulsed her advances, she killed herself, leaving a letter incriminating Hippolytos. Theseus believed her allegations and was responsible for his son's death. The Fury here foreshadows the tragic fate of the protagonists. The playwrights Sophokles and Euripides treated the Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) 247402
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