1960.330: Lekythos (oil flask): Odysseus and Companions Escape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1960.330

People

Manner of The Haimon Group, Greek

Title

Lekythos (oil flask): Odysseus and Companions Escape

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

550-450 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Attica

Period

Classical period, Early

Culture

Greek

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/288862

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Terracotta

Technique

Black-figure

Dimensions

19.69 x 6.2 cm (7 3/4 x 2 7/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Beazley Archive Database #331427

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson

Accession Year

1960

Object Number

1960.330

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Odysseus and two companions, tied to rams' bellies, escape Polyphemos.

Publication History

• Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 16, no. 81
• Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC), Artemis (Zürich, Switzerland, 1999), Odysseus 112.

Exhibition History

• The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961
• The Odyssey and Ancient Art, Blum Art Institute, New York, 10/06/1991 - 03/01/1992

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