A hydria is a type of Greek pottery used for carrying water. The hydria has three handles. The two handles on either side of the body of the pot were used for lifting and carrying the pot. The third handle, located in the center of the other two handles, was used when pouring water. This water vessel can be found in both the red and black figure pottery styles.They often depicted scenes of Greek mythology, that reflected moral and social obligations. Krater (mixing bowl), 1200-1100 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens The pottery of ancient Greece is one of the most tangible and iconic elements of ancient Greek art. ...
There are two distinct types of hydria: one where the neck is set off from the body, called a neck hydria; and the other where the neck and body form a continuous curve.
In a representation on the Francois vase (Troilos being pursued by Achilles) a jar of this shape, with its neck set off from the body, is inscribed "hydria".
Term: The name hydria is satisfactorily attested for this type of vessel, as is the name kalpis.
This hydria is restored from fragments with some parts missing, including a fragment of the upper wall at the right of the figured scene.
Stylistically the Otago hydria belongs to the peak of Athenian fl figure vase painting, around 530 B.C. On the shoulder of the vase, below a band of tongue pattern, two Greek warriors are fighting, while two Scythian archers run away to the outer edges of the scene.
The Athenian tyrant Peisistratos is recorded to have regained power in Athens in the middle of the 6th century B.C. by the ruse of disguising an unusually tall woman as the goddess Athena, and having her accompany him in a chariot into Athens, thus giving the impression that the goddess herself supported his return.
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