Archaic Delphi - II, Around Argonauts’ expedition

Episode from the Argonauts’ expedition: the two sons of Boreas, Boreads, are chasing the Harpies, the two winged ﬁgures who snatched and fouled the food of Phineus, the king of Thrace, who was thus condemned by the gods never to enjoy his food. The old man explained to the Greek heroes the further course they had to take, and especially cautioned them against the Symplegades. Phineus’ hand can be seen on the small table to the left.
Relief representation carved from the bone of exotic animals such as elephants or hippopotami. Masterpiece of miniature art, created in a Corinthian.

The Myth.
Phineus was a blind soothsayer, who had received his prophetic powers from Apollo (Apollon. Rhod. ii. 180). According to some accounts, he was blinded by the gods for having imprudently communicated to mortals the divine counsels of Zeus about the future (Apollod. i. 9. § 21).
He is most celebrated in ancient story on account of his being exposed to the annoyances of the Harpyes, who were sent to him by the gods for his cruelty towards his sons by the first marriage. His second wife charged them with having behaved improperly to her, and Phineus punished them by putting their eyes out (Soph. Antig. 973), or, according to others, by exposing them to be devoured by wild beasts (Orph, Argon. 671). Whenever Phineus wanted to take a meal the Harpyes came, took away a portion of his food, and soiled the rest, so as to render it unfit to be eaten. In this condition the unfortunate man was found by the Argonauts, whom he promised to instruct respecting their voyage, if they would deliver him from the monsters. A magnificent description of the Harpyes annoying the king Phineus is painted an on a bell-krater housed inside the Spina Archaeological Museum in Ferrara.

Relief for box
High archaic period
Ca. 570 BC.
From Corinth
Delphi, Archaeological Museum

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Taken on: August 27, 2016

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