Krater with Reliefs of Athena and Marsyas

Myron’s bronze group sculpture of the story of Athena and Marsyas was often copied, as on this large stone krater, which helps us to see the composition and the placement of the lost arms.

A krater was a large vase used for wine. At a symposium, a meeting involving drinking, water was mixed with wine in a large krater, and transferred to smaller cups for drinking. Being a satyr, Marsyas was an attendant of Dionysos the god of wine

Number

124

Material

Pentelic marble

Location of Original

Athens National Museum 127

Size

0.48m

Accession

Purchased in 1884 from Martinelli of Athens

References

Arias: Mirone, 19.3, pl. VI.22
Walston: Catalogue of Casts in the Museum of Classical Archaeology (1889), 32, no.121
Papaspiridi: Guide du Musée Nationale d'Athènes (1927), 48
Staïs, Marbres et Bronzes du Musée Nationale d'Athènes, 29

Date

Roman

Sculptor

Myron (derived from)

Provenance

Found in Athens

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