T1.4 PANDORA (OR GAIA) & THE PANES
Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue Number: Boston 01.8032
Beazley Archive Number: 211718
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Skyphos
Painter: Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter
Date: ca 450 BC
Period: Early Classical
SUMMARY
Side A: Gaia (the earth) or Pandora (the first woman) is shown rising up from the ground surrounded by dancing Panes. The goat-headed spirits symbolise natural fertility. If the figure is Pandora, the scene is perhaps based on the satyr play by Aeschylus of the same name.
ARTICLES Gaia, Pandora, Panes
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