Reading Ancient Objects Inside Out: Greek Figure-Decorated Pottery in Portugal

Rui Morais has a degree in history (with archaeology) from the University of Coimbra, an MA in urban archaeology, and a PhD in archaeology, technology, and materials from the University of Minho. He was a professor at Minho University and is currently an Associate Professor with aggregation at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto. In his research, he has dedicated special attention to the study of trade in antiquity and Classical Art.Delfim Leão is Full Professor at the Institute of Classical Studies and researcher at the Centre for Classical and Humanistic Studies at the University of Coimbra. His main areas of scientific interest are Ancient History, Law and Political Theory of the Greeks, Theatrical Pragmatics, and the Ancient Novel. He also has a deep interest in Open Science and Scholarly Communication. He has published around 200 works in international journals, books and book chapters. Maria de Fátima Silva is Jubilee Professor of Classical Studies at FLUC. Research focused on Greek studies, particularly, theatre, historiography, and scientific treaties. More recently, she has dedicated to reception studies. Author of numerous translations and studies on the areas mentioned above. Close contact with centres of excellence, notably in Athens and Oxford. Distinguished with the International Research Prize, awarded by the FLUC, on its first edition.Daniela Ferreira is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto and a researcher at the CITCEM – Center for Transdisciplinary Research Culture, Space and Memory. She holds a PhD in History and Archaeology (University Complutense of Madrid - Spain) with a focus on Greek archaeological heritage in the Iberian Peninsula. She has authored and co-authored several books and articles on a broad range of archaeological topics, including ancient Greek history and pottery, intangible cultural heritage and Latin epigraphy.David Wallace-Hare is a Postdoctoral Research Associate on project MEMBRA (Understanding Memory of Treescapes for Better Resilience & Adaptation) based at the University of Exeter. An environmental historian, he holds a PhD in Classics from the University of Toronto with a focus on the connection between votive dedications and economic activities in Gaul and the Iberian Peninsula. He is an experienced charity marketer and fundraiser, and currently sits as the Chair of the Society for Classical Studies Fundraising Committee.

• Foreword Part I: SCRIPTAReflections of Theatre in Vase-paintings: an Overview of their Variety – Oliver TaplinThe representations of subalternities and asymmetries: theory and practice for the intersectional analysis of Greek vase paintings in Portugal – Brian KibuukaEpic stories in black and red.Narrative techniques and authorial voice in four Attic black-figure vases in Portugal (ABF 02, 03, and 17) – Carlos A. Martins de JesusHeracles, the portrait of the hero in literature and plastic arts.Some testimonies – Maria de Fátima SilvaSphinxes, Sirens, Satyrs, Tritons, and Gorgons: Representations of hybrid beings on Greek vases in Portugal – Nuno Simões RodriguesAnimals on Greek vases from Portugal – Carmen Morenillla TalensMen and Women at the Symposium: Insights from Greek Vases in Portugal – Delfim LeãoPart II: EIKON (Section OneBeauty and the Beast Sphinxes on Corinthian Alabastra and Aryballoi – Marcel Danner“Riders in the Sky”.The motive of the Dioskuroi on Attic Red-Figure column craters and the Cavalry of youths on the Parthenon frieze – Rui Morais, Matthias Steinhart, Giada Giudice and Elvia GiudiceIconographic observations on the Attic Lekythos with Relief Decoration from a private collection in Porto – Elvia GiudiceHerakles and the Cretan Bull in South Italian Vase-Painting – Alan Shapiroii Greek vase productions and the changing iconography.A brief overview focusing on Greek vases from Portuguese museums and collections – Frank HildebrandtFrom lions to fish. On Animals and Greek Vases – Matthias SteinhartApollo, Dionysos and the Power of Music – Florian LeitmeirThe male bathing and the bride’s toilette in two Greek vases preserved in Portuguese collections – David Vendrell CabanillasFrom Excavation to Iconography: An In-Depth Analysis of Red-Figure Bell Kraters in Portugal – Daniela Filipa de Freitas FerreiraOn spatial paintings – Dominik Lengyel & Catherine ToulousePart III: EIKON (Section Two – New VasesPayne’s in Porto. Three Greek Vases from the Collection of a great Archaeologist – Matthias SteinhartNews about a white-ground floral lekythos from the Athenian Agora – Jesús Salas Álvarez & Rui MoraisAn unpublished lekythos attributed to the Group of London E 614 in Portugal – David Vendrell CabanillasA “Chalcidian” Neck-Amphora by the Group of the Phineus cup in Portugal – Mario Iozzo and Rui Morais“One of the most competent collectors”: Louis-Gabriel Bellon Gnathian Krateriskos from the Group of the Painter of Zurich 2692 – Louise Detrez, Rui Morais, & Francesca PesceBibliographyCatalogueGeometric-Attic Geometric – Boeotia Italic- Geometric Corinthian Etrusco-Corinthian Eastern Greece Attic Black-Figure Attic Red-Figure Attic White Ground Etruscan Black-Figure Etruscan Red-Figure Bucchero E Impasto Nero Lucanian Red-Figure Apulian Red-Figure Paestum Red-Figure Campanian Red-Figure Apulian – Xenon Campanian – Teano Apulian Black Glaze Campanian Black Glazed Northern Italic Black Glaze Gnathia Canosa Daunia Miscellaneous Plates