| Collection: | Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale |
| Summary: | Aphrodite, Adonis, and personifications |
| Ware: | Attic Red Figure |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Meidias Painter |
| Context: | From Populonia |
| Date: | ca. 420 BC - ca. 410 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.47 m; max. diam. (body) 0.34 m |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Hydria |
| Beazley Number: | 220493 |
| Period: | High Classical |
Decoration Description: Chrysothemis, seated 3/4-view to the right, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton, legs crossed, her head turned profile to the right, wearing a sleeveless, belted chiton, a sphendone, two bands on each wrist, supports herself with her left hand placed on a rock, and holds her right hand behind her head; she speaks to a nude Eros, standing profile to the left, with his left foot raised on a rock, wearing a taenia in his hair, who places his left hand on his knee, and (perhaps) raises his right hand; below him, Eutychia, standing near profile to the right, with her left foot advanced, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton, long hair tied with a broad taenia, and two bands on each wrist, reaches her left hand to the shoulder of Eudaimonia, and holds a mirror up to her; Eudaimonia, seated 3/4-view to the right, her head profile to the left, slightly tilted up, to look in the mirror, legs crossed, wearing a high-belted, medium-sleeved chiton, a sphendone, a beaded necklace, and two bands on each wrist, holds her left hand in front of her waist, and supports herself with her right hand on a rock; above her, Eurynoe, seated 3/4-view to the right, legs crossed, wearing a short-sleeved belted chiton, a sphendone, a beaded necklace, and two bands on each wrist, looks down at a bird that she supports on her upraised left hand, and touches with her right hand; a nude Himeros, hovering 3/4-view to the right, with his head tilted down, turns a iunx, which he holds in both hands, in front of Adonis, seated 3/4-view to the left, his legs crossed, wearing a himation draped over his left leg, and a long, broad taenia with a vertical flap; he tilts his head up, supports himself on the rock (?) with his lowered left hand, and holds his right hand in front of his face, while he leans in the arms of Aphrodite, standing 3/4-view to the left, her head tilted down, wearing a medium-sleeved, belted chiton, a broad taenia, a beaded necklace, and two bands on each wrist; beneath them, another nude Himeros runs 3/4-view to the right, his bent left leg advanced, wearing a taenia, chasing a hare; Hygieia holds Paidia on her knees; Pannychis (labelled), standing 3/4-view to the right, wearing a belted sleeveless chiton, a high pony tail, and a beaded necklace, holds a tympanon in both hands, toward an Eros; above is Hygieia, seated 3/4-view to the right, her head 3/4-view to the left, wearing a medium-sleeved chiton, a stephane, and two bands on each wrist, placing her left hand on her seat, and holding her bent left arm in front of her body; Paidia, seated profile to the left in her lap, legs crossed, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton, a stephane, a beaded necklace, and two bands on each wrist, reaches both her bent arms to the left; Pandaisia, seated profile to the right, head profile to the left, wearing a belted, sleeveless chiton, beaded necklace, high pony tail, and two bands on each wrist, rests her right hand on her seat, and holds her left hand behind her head.
Sources Used: CVA Regionale Museo Archeologico di Firenze 2 (1957) 54-56, pls. 60, 61.1, 62.1-3, 63.1-3 (with previous bibliography); Histoire générale des religions 1. Grèce-Rome (Paris 1944) 232; A.S.F. Gow, "JHS 54 (1934) 4 fig. 2; H. Licht, Sittengeschichte Griechenlands (Dresden 1925) 1.133; A. Minto, Populonia (Florence 1922) pl. 58.1; L. Milani, "Regione VII (Etruria)," NSc 1905, 66-68 fig