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Red-Figure Hydria-Calpis: Hephaestus Returning to Mt. Olympus
about 470 B.C.E.
Greek
47.34
Not currently on view
Artwork Details
15 in.
Accession NumberGift of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly
CopyrightVladimir G. Simkhovitch; Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly, Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields in 1947.
The Agrigento Painter presents another scene of Hephaestus returning to Olympus. Unlike the roughly contemporaneous version by Hermonax, who depicted the satyrs as lecherous beasts, the Agrigento Painter showed the satyrs as more youthful, innocent and fun-loving. Hephaestus also appears younger here, and Hermes (recognizable by his winged boots), the youngest of all the gods and the patron of travelers crossing boundaries, is also part of the procession. Hermes is shown celebrating with the lyre, a musical instrument of his own invention.
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