Mar 11, 2025
Lucanian, ancient civilization in Southern Italy, tomb frescoes, 4th c. BC
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Lucanian, ancient civilization in Southern Italy, tomb frescoes, 4th c. BC
British Museum
London, July 2022
~ Terracotta nestoris (two-handled jar).
Attributed to the Painter of New York 52.11.2
Period: Late Classical
Date: ca. 360–350 B.C.
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Lucanian
Medium: Terracotta; red-figure
Medea, Creusa and the shirt of flame
Medea is giving presents to Creusa. Among them is a cursed dress that kills her.
Lucanian red figure krater
circa 390 BCE
attributed to Dolon Painter
discovery: Apulia
currently at Louvre
source: Louvre Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol
Paestum museum
Lucanian wall painting, one of my favourites :-)
Paestum, July 2019
Lucanian krater depicting Hermes and Herse (?)
* Metapontum
* 390-380 BCE
* Louvre
Source: Bibi Saint-Pol, own work,Louvre Museum / Public domain
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An athlete and a woman with a victor’s ribbon
*5th century BCE
* Lucania
* Kinsky Palace, Prague
Zde / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
Female figurines, Potenza (Basilicata)
* Museo archeologico nazionale, Potenza
Source: GAETANA PECCHIA2 / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)