Decoration: A: HERAKLES AND APOLLO, THE STRUGGLE FOR THE TRIPOD, BETWEEN ATHENA AND ARTEMIS (ALL NAMED) B: DIONYSOS WITH VINE AND KANTHAROS BETWEEN MAENADS DANCING
Last Recorded Collection: Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig: BS435
Previous Collections:
Rome, market
Arlesheim, private, S. Schweizer
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters (Oxford, 1956): 269.41 Beazley, J.D., Paralipomena (Oxford, 1971): 118 Bignasca, A. et al., Sex, Drugs und Leierspiel, Rausch und Ekstase in der Antike, 20. Oktober 2011 bis 29. Januar 2012 (Basel, 2011): 110, NO.95 (COLOUR OF A) Burow, J., Der Antimenesmaler, Kerameus 7 (Mainz, 1989): PLS.129C, 130, 160L, NO.132 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 70 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: BASEL, ANTIKENMUSEUM 1, 103-104, PLS.(187,190) 41.2.5, 44.1-3 View Whole CVA Plates Kunze-Götte, E., Myrte (Kilchberg, 2006): 32, FIG.12 (PART OF A)
CAVI Lemma: BF NECK AMPHORA. ANTIMENES PAINTER. LAST QUARTER SIXTH. CA. 510 (CVA).
CAVI Subject: A: STRUGGLE FOR THE TRIPOD: HERACLES AND APOLLO BETWEEN ATHENA AND ARTEMIS.
B: DIONYSUS AND MAENADS.
CAVI Inscriptions: A: TO RIGHT OF ATHENA'S LEGS, DOWNWARD: Αθεναιας. BETWEEN HERACLES' LEGS,
DIAGONALLY DOWNWARD: καλε{1}. BETWEEN THE LEGS OF HERACLES AND APOLLO,
DIAGONALLY DOWNWARD: Hερακ{ε}λες{2}. TO LEFT OF APOLLO'S FACE, DIAGONALLY
DOWNWARD: Απολ[λ]ο(ν), RETR.{3}. BETWEEN APOLLO'S LEGS, FOLLOWING ARTEMIS' LEG,
DIAGONALLY DOWNWARD: Α(ρ)ετεμ, RETR., I.E., Αρ{ε}τεμ[ις], FOR Αρτεμις{4}. UNDER
FOOT, GR.: PEAR-SHAPED, WITH SHORT LINES EMANATING{5}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} PERTINENCE UNCLEAR: BUROW THINKS IT GOES WITH ATHENA [A DIVINE
KALOS-NAME). {2} MISWRITTEN FOR Ηερακλεες? {3} THE NU NOT RETR.(4)THE RHO NOT
REVERSED. BEAZLEY SAYS, IN ABV: "THE LAST LETTER SEEMS TO BE MU RATHER THAN
SIGMA: THE WRITER IS DESPERATE." BUT SEE MY RECONSTRUCTION. SCHEFOLD READ
αρετες, REFERRING TO ARTEMIS' ARETE, BUT THE LAST LETTER IS CLEARLY A MU. THE
INSCRIPTION RUNS INTO APOLLO'S WINGED SHOE AND IS THEREFORE LEFT INCOMPLETE. THE
PHOTO (POST CARD) ALSO CLEARLY SHOWS Α(ρ)ετεμ, RETR., COMPLETE. HARDLY A
FOUR-STROKE SIGMA. THE RHO NOT REVERSED. NOTE THAT LOUVRE G 42, BY PHINTIAS ALSO
HAS AN INCOMPLETE ARTEMIS INSCRIPTION, WHICH HAS BEEN READ Αιδος. AN ODD
COINCIDENCE. {5} ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON, THE GR. IS UNIQUE (CVA); NOT IN JOHNSTON
(1979).
CAVI Comments: EX ROMAN MARKET. EX ARLESHEIM, SCHWEIZER. - THE LETTERING NEAT BUT WEAK; THE
LITERACY QUESTIONABLE. THE BROAD HIGH-KICKING ALPHA IS TYPICAL OF THE ANTIMENES
PAINTER.
