Note 187 — Chapter V · EURIPIDES AND VASE PAINTING
Reading edition
Cat. iv. F 272, pub. by Braun, Mon. ed Annali, 1854, pl. 16; Engelmann’s Atlas zum Homer, ii, Odyssee, pl. 15. 93. First correctly interpreted by Heydemann, Arch. Ztg. 1871, p. 158 ff.; cf. also Vogel, op. cit. p. 66 f., and Kalkmann, Arch. Ztg. 1883, p. 62 ff. The vase is Apulian ware. The lower zone represents the violence of the Centaurs at the marriage of Peirithoös’ daughter, Laodameia. Theseus and the father are seen rushing to the help of the bride.