Apulian volute krater of Arimaspian riding griffin & warrior departing family by Loebbecke Painter 4th C. BCE
"But in the north of Europe there is by far the most gold. In this matter again I cannot say with assurance how the gold is produced, but it is said that one-eyed men called Arimaspoi (Arimaspians) steal it from Grypes (Griffins). The most outlying lands, though, as they enclose and wholly surround all the rest of the world, are likely to have those things which we think the finest and the rarest."
-Herodotus, Histories 3. 116. 1 (trans. Godley) (Greek historian C5th BCE)
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| Apulian volute krater of Arimaspian riding griffin (above) & warrior departing family (below) by Loebbecke Painter 4th C. BCE. From artsandcultures link below: Apulian volute krater with mask handles: Side A: Grabnaiskos (tomb, warrior takes leave of his father) Side B: Grave stele. The mythical scenes on the vases often correspond to the legendary versions of Attic tragedies. The extent to which the images relate to the tomb owner and a function of the vessels in connection with burial and ideas about the afterlife is still a matter of debate. Similar funerary temples can only be found in built form in Taranto about 30 years later. |
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| Arimaspian Scythian riding griffin. |
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| Warrior taking leave of his father. |
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