DOI chapter:
The mythology of Athenian local cults
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MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT ATHENS
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may point to a sort of outburst of patriotism in the artist when
he treated for the first time myths redounding to the glory of
the great Athenian hero.
Considerably more advanced in style is the second cylix
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FIG. 24. — HIERON CYLIX—(a) OBVERSE, (£) REVERSE I EXPLOITS OF THESEUS (LOUVRE).
chosen by Euphronios (fig. 24, a and b} ·, it is now in the Louvre.
Euphronios and Chachrylion worked in conjunction, but
Euphronios is the later of the two. The interior of the cup
depicts another adventure in the life of Theseus, discussed
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cxiii
may point to a sort of outburst of patriotism in the artist when
he treated for the first time myths redounding to the glory of
the great Athenian hero.
Considerably more advanced in style is the second cylix
(«)
FIG. 24. — HIERON CYLIX—(a) OBVERSE, (£) REVERSE I EXPLOITS OF THESEUS (LOUVRE).
chosen by Euphronios (fig. 24, a and b} ·, it is now in the Louvre.
Euphronios and Chachrylion worked in conjunction, but
Euphronios is the later of the two. The interior of the cup
depicts another adventure in the life of Theseus, discussed
h