Apulian red-figure vase, about 330 BCE. Amazonomachy Vase (or Battle of the Amazons). Italian: Vaso dell’Amazzonomachia. Likely the Darius painter. Found in a tomb near Ruvo di Puglia in fragments and restored. Naples Archeology Museum. My photos.
We're looking at this vase tonight because of the familiar, two tailed figures that circle its base, likely related to the Scythian ancestral goddess:
They're described as "winged caryatids" in an academic article discussing the vase. The author also compares them with this Apulian vase, which I wrote about here:
“Niobe” amphora, 4th century BCE. Photo from Valeva.
Like the description "Gigantomachy," or battle of the Giants, Amazonomachy is a fight of the Amazons. Here's photos of the scenes with the Amazons:
I found another Apulian vase with a two-tailed lady:
Detail, Apulian red-figure vase. Shows a scene in garden of Hesperides. 4th century BCE. Archeology Museum of Naples. My photo.
Here's the full vasse
Further reading
Giacobello, F. "Cratere apulo a figure rosse detto" Vaso dell'Amazzonomachia"." Restituzione 2013. Tesori d'arte restaurati. Marsilio, 2013.
Valeva, Julia. “Valeva-1995 The Sveshtari Figures (An Attempt to Specify Several Hypotheses).” Thracia 11, Studia in honorem Alexandri Fol, Sofia. (1995)
