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    English: Atlas, Typhoëus, Prometheus

    The three titans are shown upon a laconic bowl (~550 BC) while they are being punished for their insurgency against the tyrant Jupiter:

    • Prometheus is tied to a column representing the Caucasus.
    • Atlas acts as the column at the opposite side of the hellenic world.

    The forced apart couple of erotic acrobats are oppressed into face-to-face-opposition to each other.

    • Typhoëus is represented by the column propping up the rotating disc-shaped pottery-wheel upon which the titans - put asunder by the centrifugal forces - are trying to delicately (equi)poise each other while being contorted into a precarious 'kneeling' posture which is part of their penalty and handicap ...
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    Date between circa 560 and circa 550 BC
    Medium black-figure pottery
    Dimensions height: 14.4 cm (5.6 in); diameter: 20.2 cm (7.9 in)
    dimensions QS:P2048,14.4U174728
    dimensions QS:P2386,20.2U174728
    institution QS:P195,Q182955
    Current location
    Museo Gregoriano Etrusco
    Accession number
    16592
    Place of creation Laconia prefecture
    References Laconic Kylix with Prometheus and Atlas - Vatican Museums
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    This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931.

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    English: Chained Prometheus - An eagle devours his liver, black-figure vase, c. 560 - 550 BC Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
    Date 23 January 2008 (original upload date)
    Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/hinkelstone/2213683339/
    Author Karl-Ludwig Poggemann
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    Chained Prometheus - An eagle devours his liver, black-figure vase, c. 560 - 550 BC

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