ARTH 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bilingual Vase Painting, Olive Oil, Ergotimos
12 Apr 2017
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Added to pottery after it"s been red and is done. Words that are added by the actual decorator of the pot. Purposes: names and labels for parts of a scene. Every gure has a name - we can identify what"s going on. Crazy wild boar - bunch of heroes went to go hunt it. Meleager - hero that summons the other guys to hunt the boar. Peleus - father of achilles (greatest accomplishments is that the gods gave him a goddess to marry) Atalanta - only female hero who does everything the guys do, rst person to hit the boar. Di erent versions of myth: labels for content and purpose. Ton athenethen athlon (inscription that is always on them - prize amphora) Musical contests, athletic contests, you win amphoras of olive oil. On the other side is an image of the competition it is for.
