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Il mito delle Danaidi nel cratere napoletano by masanta11 is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This article analyzes the depiction of the myth of the Danaids on an Apulian volute krater from a private collection in Naples. The krater, dated to the last quarter of the 4th century BC and attributed to the Arpi Painter, shows the Danaids pouring water from hydriae into a large pithos on one side. On the other side are figures including a woman with a fan and a naked youth with a sword. The author discusses literary sources on the myth and how it is often connected to themes of water and purification. Th
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- masanta11
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