Essays about: "Attic red-figure pottery"

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  1. 1. 'And then there were none...' - Niobe and her Children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Dafni Margari-Paschali; [2013]
    Keywords : tragedy; mythological example; deconstruction; hubris; Niobids; Niobe; Greek mythology; Attic black-figure pottery; Attic red-figure pottery; Italian red-figure pottery; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : How can a myth for human arrogance and slaughter have a consolatory effect? Niobe, a proud mother of six sons and an equal number of daughters, claimed superiority over Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis. As a consequence for this insolence, she was deprived from her motherhood; the divine archers slaughtered her children one by one. READ MORE