Category:Aristophanes kylix (Berlin F 2531)

attic red figure cup (kylix)

- description: interior: Gaia/Ge rising from the ground, Poseidon killing the giant Polybotes; name inscriptions: GE, POSEIDO_N, POLYBO_TES - exterior side A: the giant Gaion is attacked by Artemis with two torches, Zeus with sceptre and thunderbolt fighting the giant Porphyrion, Athena killing with her spear the giant Enkelados; name inscriptions: GAIO_N, ARTEMIS, ZEUS, PORPH(Y)RIO_N, A(THE)A(I)A, E(G)KELADOS - exterior side B: the giant Mimon is killed by Ares with a spear, the giant Ephialtes fleeing, falling on his knee, fighting Apollon, Hera fighting with a spear the giant Phoitos; name inscriptions: MIMO_N, ARES, EPHIALTES, APOLLO_N; HER(A), PHOITOS - production place: Athens - potter: Erginos; signed on the interior, in the exergue: ERGINOS EPOIES(E)N - painter: Aristophanes; signed on the interior, in the exergue: ARISTOPHANES EGRAFE - period / date: classical, ca. 410-405 BC - material: pottery (clay) - height: 13 cm; diameter: 35 cm - findspot: Vulci, between Coccumella and the river Fiora (?) - museum / inventory number: Berlin, Altes Museum (Antikensammlung) F 2531

kylix with gigantomachy, Berlin F 2531 

attic red-figure cup (kylix) depicting the gigantomachy painted by Aristophanes, made by Erginos
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Instance of	kylix
Main subject	Gigantomachy
Depicts	Gigantomachy, Artemis, Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon, Polybotes, Porphyrion, Enceladus and Ephialtes
Made from material	clay
Location	Altes Museum, Mitte, Bezirk Mitte von Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Creator	Aristophanes (vase-painting) Erginos (pottery)
Location of discovery	Vulci
Collection	Antikensammlung Berlin
Inventory number	F 2531 (Antikensammlung Berlin)
Inception	5th century BC (before 400 BC, after 450 BC) c. 410 BC
Time of discovery or invention	23 December 1839
Width	35 cm
Height	13 cm
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