Chapter 12: Iason and the Argo
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♦ Thessalonike, Archaeological Museum 23656 (ex Andreadis Collection): fragments of Middle Corinthian column krater with Phineus, Argonautai and Harpuiai (see below for more detailed description)
“Drawing of the Argonauts krater, showing the approximate position of the surviving fragments”, from E. Kefalidou, “The Argonauts Krater in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki,” American Journal of Archaeology 112.4, (October 2008), p. 618 fig. 1; drawing by Elpida Mavrovitou, © The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Left group of fragments from drawing (above): Iason (named) stands behind throne of Phineus and places his hands over Phineus’ eyes (to cure him of blindness?); Phineus (named) sits facing right, and clasps hand of Kastor, who stands facing left with Polydeukes (named); behind Phineus’ knees, female standing right (Idaia?, named); between Phineus and Dioskouroi, table with a large cup; photo from E. Kefalidou, “The Argonauts Krater in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki,” American Journal of Archaeology 112.4, (October 2008), p. 619 fig. 3, © The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Right group of fragments from drawing (see above): chest of woman named Kleite?; two winged Boreadai (one named Kalais) chase two winged Harpuiai, who fly over sea; photo from E. Kefalidou, “The Argonauts Krater in the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki,” American Journal of Archaeology 112.4, (October 2008), p. 621 fig. 4, © The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC (no illustrations)
♠ Soph fr 710 R – Sophokles, Phineus – Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta 4, p. 487, ed. S.L. Radt. Göttingen 1977.
(Instead of being blind?), his eyes were opened and his pupils became brilliant, when he met with the kindly Asklepios …
710 note 2
The researchers … say that Asklepios was blasted by a thunderbolt … Stesichoros (PMG 194) on one hand saying that he restored some of those attacking Thebes … but Philarchos (81F18) [says that it was] because in the ninth year he restored the blinded sons of Phineus, as a favour for Kleopatra the daughter of Erechtheus. (Transl. Mary Emerson)
♦ Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum L 164: Chalkidian black-figure eye cup by Phineus Painter; interior with Boreadai chasing Harpuiai, and Phineus (see below for more details)
A. Furtwaengler and K. Reichhold, Griechische Vasenmalerei: Auswahl hervorragender Vasenbilder (Serie I, 1904) part of pl. 41
Winged Harpuiai (named) are holding dishes while flying to the left over the sea; they are pursued by winged Boreadai, named Zetes and Kalais; two Horai (named) watch the pursuit, with left one holding lotus flower
Blind Phineus reclining on kline, with empty table in front of him; to right, standing woman named Erichtho (perhaps Phineus’ wife?); photos by Maria Daniels, courtesy Martin von Wagner Museum, from Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact Browser
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC (with black-and-white photos)
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
♦ Basel, Museum of Ancient Art and Ludwig Collection Bo33 (previously private collection of H. and T. Bosshard, Bo33): Attic black-figure white ground lekythos by Sappho Painter with blind, enthroned Phineus reaching both arms to right; in front of him, table with food; two winged Harpuiai, one overlapping table, fly away with food and drink from Phineus’ table; palm tree
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC (with photos)
Beazley Archive Pottery Database (no photos)
♦ Naples, Museo Nazionale 248779 (formerly Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum 85.AE.316): Attic red-figure hydria by the Kleophrades Painter with blind Phineus seated on stool, raising his hands in distress, while winged Harpuiai steal food from his table
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Beazley Archive Pottery Database
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC
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#Iason, #Phineus, #Kastor, #Polydeukes, #Idaia, #Kleite, #Harpuiai, #Boreadai, #Zetes, #Kalais, #Horai
Literary sources edited by Elena Bianchelli, Retired Senior Lecturer of Classical Languages and Culture, Univ. of Georgia, March 2022.
Artistic sources edited by R. Ross Holloway, Elisha Benjamin Andrews Professor Emeritus, Brown University, October 2017; and by Frances Van Keuren, Prof. Emerita, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Univ. of Georgia, December 2025
