Civic Archaeological Museum of Bologna: Attic red-figure kylix with the exploits of the hero Theseus.The work of one of the greatest personalities of Attic red-figure ceramics, this cup illustrates some of the exploits of the hero Theseus.On the outside, four other exploits of the hero follow one another, expertly arranged and alternated to cover, in a balanced composition, the entire wall of the vase. Theseus fights with Kerkyon, with the giant Prokrustes, tames the Marathon bull and kills, by throwing him from a rock, the Megarian hero Skyron. The success encountered by Theseus in red-figure production is directly linked to the political events of the city of Athens, which promotes an exquisitely Attic hero, protagonist of a series of exploits, often chosen as a paradigm of the role played by the city in the events of Greece.Inventory G_0818
