ATTIC POTTERY IN EARLY CLASSICAL THESSALY. A CASE STUDY FROM ACHAIA PHTHIOTIS

• Authors: Volioti Katerina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper attributes a previously unnoticed Attic black-figured lekythos kept in the Archaeological Museum of Volos to the Pholos Group (ca. 470 BC) and discusses its findspot in the peripheral Thessalian district of Achaia Phthiotis. Beyond an art-historical appreciation of the hastily-drawn chariot scene on this lekythos and a discussion of stylistic parallels, which include a lekythos in Prague, it is argued that such lekythoi were socially important for their shape and small size that made them easily transportable. The assumed scarcity of Attic pottery in Thessaly can be questioned given that a considerable amount of Attic pottery from Thessalian locations is mentioned only in passing or remains unpublished in museum storage. Small late black-figured lekythoi predominate amongst Attic pottery shapes in Thessaly. The popularity of such lekythoi can become indicative of human mobility across the landscape and the consumption of imported (grave) goods by social groups other than elites.

Keywords

EN

ACHAIA PHTHIOTIS; ATTIC POTTERY; LEKYTHOI; THESSALY

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 45
• Issue: I-II
• Pages: 155-164
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Volioti Katerina

• Katerina Volioti, redakce Eirene, Kabinet pro klasicka studia AV CR, Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10CZAAAA073816