Side B: quadriga facing front

Side A: Athena springing from head of Zeus

Side A: birth of Athena

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Summary: Side A: birth of Athena. Side B: frontal quadriga.
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Painter: Attributed to Group E
Date: ca. 540 BC

H. 0.394 m., Max. D. 0.29 m., Rim D. 0.171 m.

Primary Citation: ABV, 135, 45.
Shape: Panel amphora
Beazley Number: 310305
Period: High Archaic

Decoration Description:

Side A: Birth of Athena. Zeus seated on backless throne, facing right, with his feet on stool, holding thunderbolt in right hand. Sphinx seated frontally below throne. Athena, fully armed except for helmet, is born from head of Zeus. Eileithyia and Ares stand to right of Zeus. Eileithyia raises right hand. Ares holds shield with gorgoneion. To left of Zeus stands Apollo holding kithara, and to left of Apollo stands Hermes.

Side B: frontal quadriga. Charioteer turns to left. Eagle flies over horses.

Sources Used:

CVA, Boston 1