File:Attic black-figure column krater, side B - Getty Museum (96.AE.303).jpg

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Ancient Greek column krater in the Getty Villa

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Mixing vessel with Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos' cave  wikidata:Q125101089 reasonator:Q125101089
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Title
Mixing vessel with Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos' cave Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Mixing vessel with Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos' cave Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Mixing vessel with Odysseus escaping from Polyphemos' cave Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type column krater / ancient Greek art Edit this at Wikidata
Genre black-figure pottery Edit this at Wikidata
Description

In the Greek epic poem the Odyssey, the hero Odysseus devised a clever ruse to escape from the man-eating, one-eyed giant Cyclops. First, Odysseus blinded the monster, then tied himself and his men to the undersides of the sheep in the giant's flock. The blinded Cyclops checked his sheep as he let them out to graze, but he only felt along their backs, so Odysseus and his men were able to escape. This Athenian black-figure column-krater depicts Odysseus bound under the ram, the leader of the flock. The scene is placed between a pair of eyes, which appear sporadically on Athenian vases of the 500s B.C. The escape from the Cyclops was the most popular scene from the Odyssey depicted on Athenian vases. The back of the vase shows either Nike or Iris between scenes of lions attacking bulls.

The Greeks produced a very strong wine, which they drank mixed with water. A krater was used as a mixing vessel to blend the wine and water before serving. The type of krater that scholars call a column-krater takes its name from the columnar appearance of the handle supports.

— J. Paul Getty Museum, in: getty.edu
Date between 525 and 500 BC
date QS:P,-550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,-0525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,-0500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium terracotta Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 33 cm (12.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 35.5 cm (13.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; depth: 30 cm (11.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+35.5U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,+30U174728
institution QS:P195,Q180401
Current location
Gallery 103, Athenian Vases
Accession number
96.AE.303 (J. Paul Getty Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Classical Athens Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Ancient Greek column krater in the Getty Villa Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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The Getty Center, Object 107SM4

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