Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology
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This book presents a detailed study of the depiction of Zeus in one particular classical Athenian art-form, the red-figured vase. The author offers a close comparison of artistic and literary versions of the myths surrounding Zeus, including the Gigantomachy and the birth of other gods. He also discusses the artistic portrayal of Zeus in the light of contemporary religion and politics and examines vase-painting alongside other art-forms to distinguish the function of the different social contexts in which Zeus appears and to examine the role that the study of case-painting can play in the reconstruction of lost sculpture.