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Chained Prometheus - An eagle devours his liver, black-figure vase, c. 560 - 550 BC

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English: Atlas, Typhoëus, Prometheus

The three titans are shown upon a laconic bowl (~550 BC) while they are being punished for their insurgency against the tyrant Jupiter:

  • Prometheus is tied to a column representing the Caucasus.
  • Atlas acts as the column at the opposite side of the hellenic world.

The forced apart couple of erotic acrobats are oppressed into face-to-face-opposition to each other.

  • Typhoëus is represented by the column propping up the rotating disc-shaped pottery-wheel upon which the titans - put asunder by the centrifugal forces - are trying to delicately (equi)poise each other while being contorted into a precarious 'kneeling' posture which is part of their penalty and handicap ...
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Date between circa 560 and circa 550 BC
Medium black-figure pottery
Dimensions height: 14.4 cm (5.6 in); diameter: 20.2 cm (7.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,14.4U174728
dimensions QS:P2386,20.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q182955
Current location
Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
Accession number
16592
Place of creation Laconia prefecture
References Laconic Kylix with Prometheus and Atlas - Vatican Museums
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English: Chained Prometheus - An eagle devours his liver, black-figure vase, c. 560 - 550 BC Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
Date 23 January 2008 (original upload date)
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Author Karl-Ludwig Poggemann
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