{"id":16997,"date":"2026-03-09T21:49:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T21:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16997"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:29:46","slug":"attic-white-ground-lekythos-with-two-muses-on-mount-helicon-42-cm","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/product\/attic-white-ground-lekythos-with-two-muses-on-mount-helicon-42-cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Attic White-Ground Lekythos with Two Muses on Mount Helicon 42 cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1434\">This replica is inspired by a celebrated <strong data-start=\"1150\" data-end=\"1216\">Attic white-ground lekythos attributed to the Achilles Painter<\/strong>, one of the most refined vase painters of Classical Athens. The original vessel, dated to <strong data-start=\"1307\" data-end=\"1326\">ca. 445\u2013430 BCE<\/strong>, is housed today in the <strong data-start=\"1351\" data-end=\"1393\">Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1925\">The scene portrays <strong data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1485\">two Muses on Mount Helicon<\/strong>, the sacred mountain in Boeotia that ancient Greek tradition regarded as the dwelling place of the goddesses of poetry, music, and inspiration. One Muse sits on a rocky outcrop playing a <strong data-start=\"1673\" data-end=\"1691\">kithara (lyre)<\/strong> while another stands beside her, quietly observing. Between them appears a <strong data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1781\">small bird<\/strong>, commonly interpreted as a magpie or nightingale, a symbol associated with song and poetic inspiration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1927\" data-end=\"2275\">Lekythoi were slender <strong data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"1975\">terracotta oil vessels<\/strong> produced in Athens and often used in funerary rituals, holding perfumed oils placed at graves. The delicate white-ground technique allowed painters like the Achilles Painter to create elegant, contemplative scenes reflecting the ideals of Classical Greek art.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1b9snaq\" data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2300\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2301\" data-end=\"2553\">Replica of a Classical <strong data-start=\"2324\" data-end=\"2373\">Attic white-ground lekythos (ca. 445\u2013430 BCE)<\/strong> attributed to the Achilles Painter, depicting two Muses on <strong data-start=\"2433\" data-end=\"2450\">Mount Helicon<\/strong> with a lyre and symbolic bird, originally preserved in the <strong data-start=\"2510\" data-end=\"2550\">Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[69,77],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16997","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-pottery","product_cat-attic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16997"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythiko.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}