Broneer, O ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... The calyx-krater of Exekias, first published in 1937,1 was discovered at the bottom of a well in the American School excavations on the North slope of the Acropolis in Athens. The circumstances of discovery ... 1956 ... Animal scenes on A and B
DIFFERENCES
North Slope krater
Shape: Proportion of height to diameter at top, 0.846: 1
Main Zone A: Herakles' introduction into Opympos
Handles: Handles flanked by horn-like knobs; Tongue pattern at base of handles; Seated figure beneath the vine; Naturalistic rendering of vine leaves; Running satyrs beneath the handles
Animal Scenes: Lions'manes rendered by incised S-pattern
Bottom Zone: Plain
Pharsalos krater
Shape: Proportion of height to diameter at top, 0.943: 1
Main Zone A: Chariot scene with driver and grooms
Handles: Handles termination in plastic volutes; No tongue pattern; No figure beneath the vine; Schematic rendering of vine leaves; No design beneath the handles
Animal Scenes: Lions' manes rendered by purple
Bottom Zone: Ray pattern
There are many other differences in the style and drawing of anatomical details and in the use of accessory colors, incisions, etc. ... XXV, pp. 345-349
1. Hesperia, VI, 1937, pp. 469-486.
2. ... For the less common position of the protagonist cf. the bearded hoplite who has just thrust his spear into the mounted Amazon on a cup in Bologna, Emanuel Löwy, Polygnot, fig. 8b; Pfuhl, Malerei und Zeichnung der Griechen, III, 504.
6. Ernest Buschor, Griechische Vasen, 1940, pp. 114 ff.; Bernhard Neutsch, "Exekias, ein Meister der griechischen Vasenmalerei," Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, XV, 1949/50, pp.43-72; J.