[Object] Agora XXX, no. 229

Wall fragment from rather low on the vase. Max. dim. 0.093. Triptolemos (segment of wheel and wing of throne) to right. Relief contour. Rim of wheel incised (compass-drawn). Dilute glaze: decoration at ... Second quarter of the 5th century B.C ... N 99, pl. 47). For the subject, see Schwarz, Triptolemos; M. Vos, CVA, Leyden 3 [The Netherlands 5], pp. 28--29; Hayashi, Triptolemosbildes; S. ... Dugas ("La mission de Triptolème d'apres l'imagerie athénienne," Melanges Rome 62, 1950, pp. 9--31 [reprinted in Recueil Charles Dugas, Paris 1960, pp. 123--139]) recognized three categories of this theme in Greek art: (1) Demeter giving instructions to Triptolemos, often with Kore present; (2) Triptolemos about to set off on his mission and a libation being poured; (3) Triptolemos and the Eleusinian divinities following his return to Eleusis.

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[Publication Page] Agora 30, s. 187, p. 168

Schwarz, Triptolemos. M. Vos, CVA, Leyden 3 [The Netherlands 5], pp. 28-29. Hayashi, Triptolemosbildes. S. Mathson, The Mission of Triptolemos and the Politics of Athens, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies ... Agora 30 168 P 19577 P 15962 P 3573 P 23706 P 7244 F 19:4 E 14:11 D 7:2 ... 2nd quarter 5th B.C ... M. Vos, CVA, Leyden 3 [The Netherlands 5], pp. 28-29 ... Mathson, The Mission of Triptolemos and the Politics of Athens, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 35, 1995, pp. 345-372 ... Cahn, Dokimasia, RA 1972, pp. 3-22, esp. p. 14, note 1