![]() ![]() On this vase it symbolizes Ganymede's youth. In antiquity the hoop was one of the games used by children and young people. On the main side of the krater the young man is represented nude with his red hair undone, crowned with leaves in red highlights, walking and turning his hoop with a stick. ![]() Each side of the bell-krater is composed according to a scheme that the Berlin Painter favored throughout his career: a figure standing out against the black surface of the bowl is placed on a band decorated with a meander. Ganymede, a young hero famous for his beauty, was carried off by Zeus – or, according to another version of the myth, by the eagle of Zeus – while he was watching his father's flocks near the town of Troy. ![]() This decorative principle, perfected by Euphronios, was very often used by the Berlin Painter throughout his career. The two figures are arranged simply, on a band decorated with a meander. This theme depicts the young man playing with his hoop and holding a cock on one side, with Zeus holding a scepter on the other. Ganymede, a young Trojan hero, considered to be "the most beautiful of mortals", was carried away by Zeus, who used him as his cupbearer on Olympus. ![]()
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