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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.330
People
Manner of The Haimon Group, Greek
Title
Lekythos (oil flask): Odysseus and Companions Escape
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
550-450 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica
Period
Classical period, Early
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288862

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Black-figure
Dimensions
19.69 x 6.2 cm (7 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Beazley Archive Database #331427

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.330
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Odysseus and two companions, tied to rams' bellies, escape Polyphemos.

Publication History

  • Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Odysseus 112.

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
  • The Odyssey and Ancient Art, Blum Art Institute, New York, 10/06/1991 - 03/01/1992

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