Griffin & Arimaspian (Grypomachy) by the Jena Painter 4th C. BCE
"[Prometheus warns the wandering maiden Io :] ‘But now listen to another and a fearsome spectacle. Beware of the sharp-beaked hounds of Zeus that do not bark, the Grypes (Griffins), and the one-eyed (monôpoi) Arimaspoi (Arimaspians), mounted on horses, who dwell about the flood of Plouton's (Pluton's) stream that flows with gold. Do not approach them.’"
-Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 802 ff. (trans. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th BCE)
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| Griffin & Arimaspian (Grypomachy) by the Jena Painter 4th C. BCE. Attic Red Figure. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Catalogue No. Boston 01.8092. A mounted Arimaspian warrior battles a half-lion, half-eagle Griffin. The tribesman wears a full Scythian body-suit and brandishes an axe. |
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