Inventory number
Ακρ. 67
Artist
Euthymides or Euthymides and his Circle
Category
Terracotta plaque
Period
Archaic Period
Date
510-490 BC
Dimensions
Height: 0.655 m
Length: 0.52 m
Width: 0.08 m
Material
Clay
Location
First Floor Case 25, No 1
Large dedicatory plaque or part of architectural decoration. It was found in fragments in 1885 in the area between the Propylaia and the Erechtheion. It was reassembled and restored.
The surface is covered with white slip, on which a young hoplite running to the left is drawn. He wears an Attic-type helmet with a pointy crest and has his folded chlamys around his waist. He holds a spear in his left hand and a shield, which has a running Satyr as an emblem, in his right. The scene is framed by a double line in dark brown and crimson colours.
In the background, over the hoplite's head, there is the inscription ΓΛΑΥ[Κ]ΥΤ[Ε]Σ ΚΑΛΟΣ, meaning "Glaukytes is handsome". Beneath this name another name "Megakles" can be seen half-erased. Most possibly this Megakles was Alkibiades' grandfather, who in 487/6 BC was accused of being a threat to the Athenian democracy and was ostracised. Perhaps it was then that his name was replaced with that of Glaykytes.
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