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Croesus at the Stake, Attic Red Figure Amphora 500-490 BC Theseus abduct Antiope 30 CM
Croesus at the Stake, Attic Red Figure Amphora, 500-490 BC.
On side A of this vase shows the wealthy King Croesus about to be burned on a funeral pyre.
This story was described in Book I of Herodotus convincing Croesus that he ought not to be considered happy until after he has died.
Myson is the painter of the original.
The original is in the Louvre Museum.
On side B is the depicting of the abduction of the amazon Antiope by Athenian Hero Theseus.
According to Diodorus Theseus sailed to the regio as an ally of Herakles.
Antiope was the reward of his valiant assistance.
HANDMADE - SMOOTH SURFACE
Dimensions are:
Height 30 cm ( 11.81 inches)
Width 18 cm ( 7.08 inches)
2.040 gr
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Croesus at the Stake, Attic Red Figure Amphora, 500-490 BC.
On side A of this vase shows the wealthy King Croesus about to be burned on a funeral pyre. This story was described in Book I of Herodotus convincing Croesus that he ought not to be considered happy until after he has died. Myson is the painter of the original. The original is in the Louvre Museum.
On side B is the depicting of the abduction of the amazon Antiope by Athenian Hero Theseus. According to Diodorus Theseus sailed to the regio as an ally of Herakles.
Antiope was the reward of his valiant assistance.
HANDMADE - SMOOTH SURFACE
Dimensions are:
Height 30 cm ( 11.81 inches)
Width 18 cm ( 7.08 inches)
2.040 gr
Attention: All our ceramics are handmade, there may be a difference of a few centimeters in the indicated dimensions and in the color of the photos.
The difference MAY be there but in any case I must have informed you in advance. Each ceramic is unique.
Once Solon went to his palace and when Croesus boasted that he was the happiest man in the world,
the wise Greek answered him: "nothing before the end was blessed", that is, "don't make anyone happy before you see their end".
And indeed many calamities befell Croesus.
His son Attys was killed in the hunt and he himself was defeated by the Persian king Cyrus
and captured. In fact, at the moment when Croesus, raised on the fire, was about to die,
he remembered the words of Solon and cried three times in remorse, "Solon! Solon! Solon!".
Cyrus, hearing him, demanded to know what this invocation meant, and hearing the story,
gave Croesus life and kept him close as a counselor.
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Croesus at the Stake, Attic Red Figure Amphora, 500-490 BC.
On side A of this vase shows the wealthy King Croesus about to be burned on a funeral pyre.
This story was described in Book I of Herodotus convincing Croesus that he ought not to be considered happy until after he has died.
Myson is the painter of the original.
The original is in the Louvre Museum.
On side B is the depicting of the abduction of the amazon Antiope by Athenian Hero Theseus.
According to Diodorus Theseus sailed to the regio as an ally of Herakles.
Antiope was the reward of his valiant assistance.
HANDMADE - SMOOTH SURFACE
Dimensions are:
Height 30 cm ( 11.81 inches)
Width 18 cm ( 7.08 inches)
2.040 gr
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