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Tragic Figures in Ancient Greek Art: Narrative Vases of Revenge and Sacrifice

Explore the vivid depictions of Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, Iphigenia, Orestes, and Aegisthus in ancient Greek red-figure vases from various museums. Witness the dramatic scenes of sacrifice, slaying, and divine intervention that embody the tales of vengeance and destiny in Greek mythology.

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Tragic Figures in Ancient Greek Art: Narrative Vases of Revenge and Sacrifice

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  1. The Peloponnese

  2. Pelops and Oenomaus Attic red figure bell krater (ca. 380 BCE). Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Perseus Project)

  3. Sacrifice of Iphigenia Apulian red figure volute krater (375-350 BCE). British Museum (Perseus Project).

  4. Clytemnestra and slain Agamemnon. (ca. 490 BCE). Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  5. Death of Aegisthus at the hands of Orestes Attic red figure calyx krater (c. 470 BCE). J. Paul Getty Museum. (Perseus Project)

  6. Orestes slaying Aegisthus as Clytemnestra flees Attic red figure pelike (ca. 480 BCE). Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Perseus Project).

  7. Death of Aegisthus Drawing of previous vase

  8. Talthybius restrains Clytemnestra Drawing of side B of previous vase

  9. Orestes at Delphi Erinyes on the left, Apollo on the right. Lucanian red figure (c. 350-340 BCE). Harvard Univ. Art Museums (Perseus Project).

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