The Harpyes annoy the king Phineus - a photo on Flickriver

This crater is noteworthy since in this side, Side A) it shows a myth rarely depicted in the history of the Greek vases.
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.
The scene shows how the unfortunate Phineus was found by the Argonauts, whom he promised to instruct respecting their voyage, if they would deliver him from the monsters. The Harpies were the punishment sent to Phineus 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 very cruelly.
The Boreads traveling with the Argonauts, freed Phineus from the Harpyes and the old man explained to the Greek heroes the further course they had to take, and especially cautioned them against the Symplegades.
Phneus was king of Salmydessus in Thrace (Apollon. Rhod. ii. 178, 237). He was a blind soothsayer, who had received his prophetic powers from Apollo (Apollon. Rhod. ii. 180). According to Apollonius of Rhodes he was blinded by the gods for having imprudently communicated to mortals the divine counsels of Zeus about the future (Apollod. i. 9. § 21).
The krater side B) shows a woman with the hair closed in a sakkos, holding a phiale with her right hand, and an other woman pouring water from an oinochoe, turning her head toward an old man behind her. The two women are standing between a young running woman and an old man leant on his walking stick.

Made in Athens
Attic red figured krater bell
About 450 BC
From Spina Necropolis
Ferrara, Archaeological Museum

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Taken in: Italia / Emilia Romagna / Ferrara (show map)

Taken on: November 25, 2012

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