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Parthenopaios crater
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Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
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Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
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Lebes gamikos
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Crater of the Ghiottoni
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Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
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Fragment of Euphronius
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius

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This crater (vessel for mixing wine with water), produced by a Campania workshop in the 4th century BC, illustrates on the main side one of the best known myths of Greek tragedy: the myth of Orestes. Stained with the terrible guilt of killing his mother Clytemnestra to avenge his father Agamemnon, Orestes is persecuted by the Erinyes, avengers of human injustices. The scene depicts Orestes, who still wields the sword with which he killed his mother, as he takes refuge at the tripod (vessel with three-footed support) of Apollo, symbol of the god's sanctuary in Delphi, chased by an Erinyes. On the opposite side are Apollo, who bending his bow threatens the female figure and Pyladas, a dear friend of Orestes.

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