Monuments Illustrating Tragedy and Satyr Play. "Exemplum virtutis: A Study of Heracles in Athens in the second half of the 5th century B.C." Ph.D. "Three Attic Red-Figured Vases in New York." American Journal of Archaeology, 66(3): p. The power of water clearly connects the representations on each side of the vase. A spring, named after her, welled up where the god struck the ground with his trident. She was finally rescued by Poseidon, who took her for himself. Beset by satyrs, Amymone is defending herself with an available thyrsos. The scene on the reverse is in rather light-hearted contrast. The youths are Herakles' nephew, Iolaos, the hero Philoktetes (with quiver and bow), and probably Herakles' son, Hylos. Below, Athena urges nymphs to quench the funeral pyre. Herakles leaves behind on the fire a corselet signifying the husk of his mortal self. In the elaborate scene on the obverse, he is already in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) driven by Nike and preceded by Hermes and is on the way to Mount Olympos, where Dionysos, Apollo, and Ares await him. Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220-4007 USA, (Phone) 804.204.2760 or 804.204.2761, (Fax), the death and apotheosis of Herakles Reverse, Amymone surprised by satyrs Horribly burned by a charm that his wife gave him in a misguided attempt to revive his love, Herakles had a funeral pyre built and threw himself on it to die. Requests to reproduce and/or republish any materials on this web site should be addressed to the VMFA Office of Rights and Reproductions at: (Address) 200 N. Public domain images downloaded from the VMFA web site should be credited: "Image courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts." Additional caption information is provided with the downloaded image file. Images that are only presented as thumbnails are protected by copyright and are not available for download. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act. The Museum does not warrant that the use of materials displayed on this site will not infringe on the rights of third parties, such as artists or artists' heirs holding the rights to these works. Use of text and images in which VMFA holds the copyright is permitted, with attribution, under the terms and conditions of a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC).Ĭopyright and other proprietary rights in material on this site may be held by individuals or entities other than or in addition to VMFA. © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, unless otherwise noted.
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