Decoration: APOLLO (NAMED) PLAYING KITHARA, ARTEMIS, LETO, PALM TREE
Last Recorded Collection: Athens, Agora Museum: P4744
Previous Collections:
Athens, Agora Museum: P4683
Publication Record: Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1963): 28.17 Beazley, J.D., Attic Red-figure Vase-painters, 1st ed. (Oxford, 1942): 26.15 Carpenter, T.H., with Mannack, T. and Mendonca, M., Beazley Addenda, 2nd edition (Oxford, 1989): 156 Hesperia, The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 5 (1936) 60-2, 68 Kunze-Götte, E., Myrte (Kilchberg, 2006): 28-29, FIGS.10A-B (PART, DRAWING) Papadopoulos, J.K., The Art of Antiquity, Piet de Jong and the Athenian Agora (Athens, 2007): 205, FIGS.175-176 (DRAWING, COLOUR DRAWING OF PART) The Athenian Agora, Results of Excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 30, 224, FIG.32, PLS.61-62.585 (INCLUDING DRAWING)
CAVI Lemma: Frs. of RF stand (cylindroid){1}. From Athens, Agora E-F 12-14 (4683) and G
12 (4744). Euthymides (Talcott, Beazley). Last quarter sixth. Ca. 510-500
(Moore).
CAVI Subject: Fragmentary: Apollo citharoedus with Leto and Artemis, between two palm
trees{2}.
CAVI Inscriptions: The last word horizontally between and above Leto and Apollo: [Ευθυμιδες
εγραφσεν hο] Πολλιο{3}. To Apollo's middle, facing: [Απολ[λ]]ο[ν]{4}. Starting
behind Artemis' middle:κα[λος ---(?)]{5}. To right of the trunk of the
right-hand palm tree, vertically down aand ending near the bottom of the scene:
[--- επ]ο̣ιεσ[ε]ν / [hο δεινα επ]οιεσ[ε]ν. {6}.
CAVI Footnotes: {1} cylindroid, Beazley. {2} so Moore who discusses this in detail; it
affects the position of the potter's signature; Talcott had only one palm tree.
{3} the extant word is clear on pl. 60, fr. a. There is not room for the rest of
the signature to have been in one horizontal line and I assume that it started
out vertically upward and then turned horizontal. The potter's signature is also
vertical. {4} so Moore; the omicron is mentioned by Talcott. It is in the lower
right corner of fr. b and is faintly visible in the ph., pl. 60. Moore correctly
draws the inscription leaning to the diagonal, otherwise some more letters would
show on fr. b. I give the name with single lambda as Euthymides prefers this
spelling (as against Euphronios' habit); see Antikenmuseum, Berlin, Euphronios
und seine Zeit (1992) 50. {5} probably a kalos-name; Euthymides has Megakles and
Leagros (see Moore). {6} fr. j: good ph., pl. 61. The last epsilon is definitely
missing, although the sketch on p. 224 gives it in error. There is one letter
space left before the bottom of the scene. About 1/3 of the omicron is
preserved.
CAVI Comments: + P 4744. Ten frs. (a-j) (4683): The signature not a three-liner, as often in
Euthymides. P 4633 contains a,c-f, i-j; P 4744 contains b. Frs. g and h are not
illustrated by Moore (h is not even mentioned) and are not assigned to a number,
although their pertinence to 4683 is implied in the list of measurements. Attic
alphabet.
