Department of Classical Studies
Pandora
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This red figure volute krater, ca. 450 B.C., shows two scenes from the
Pandora myth. To the left, Zeus sends Hermes off to give Pandora to
Epimetheus. In addition to his regular attributes here Hermes carries a
flower in his left hand, perhaps repesentative of gift-giving. To the
right of this pair stands Epimetheus, who looks attentively at Pandora as
she rises from the ground, with a small Eros figure above her. Because
Epimetheus carries a hammer in one hand, some scholars have connected this
scene with Sophocles' (lost) satyr play called Pandora or The
Hammerers. |
