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| Keywords: Bulas Group - Miniature Panathenaic Amphora - Walters 4859 - Left.jpg This amphora with a flaring offset mouth depicts Poseidon and Athena on one side and Hermes on the other Poseidon stands in profile to the right with his left foot propped up on a rock and his left arm bent and resting on his left knee In his right hand he holds a trident upright which extends into the ornament above A mantle is draped around his back right thigh and over his left leg Athena stands to the left holding a spear upright in her right hand and she has a shield with a Gorgoneion and a star device on her left arm She wears a peplos girded at the waist necklace bracelet and Attic helmet Hermes is depicted standing to the left He holds a kerykeion in his right hand at waist level and wears a pestasos chlamys and mask Behind him is a stele on which his left arm rests while to the left and right are olive trees which fill the areas underneath the handles The subject matter is not the usual for Panathenaic amphorae which normally have Athena on one side and athletes on the other Poseidon and Athena are here depicted calmly standing and facing one another on the front a juxtaposition which brings to mind their contest for the city of Athens This story is first known to have been depicted in the west pediment of the Parthenon but there is no sign of strife in our scene If Hermes wears a mask as the black line running from his chin up suggests the scene may in some way have been influenced by a dramatic performance The generally poor quality of drawing however makes it impossible to determine if the painter meant to indicate a mask or not The olive trees beneath the handles are approporiate fillers because of the tree's association with Athena the story of the contest Panathenaic ampohorae and the Panathenaia early 4th century BC Classical terracotta cm 8 8 4 6 h x max diam ; at rim cm 2 55 diam ; at foot cm 1 8 diam accession number 48 59 13939 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome 1897 cat no 153 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Goddess and Polis The Panathenaic Festival in Ancient Athens Hood Museum of Art Hanover; Tampa Museum of Art Tampa; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond; Princeton University Art Museum Princeton 1992-1993 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek red-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Miniature Panathenaic amphoras Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Bulas Group | ||||
