Floor fragment with start of stem. Two concentric circles with central dot on underside. Max. dim. 0.053. H. A. Thompson, Hesperia 28, 1959, pl. 22:b; Schefold, Göttersage, p. 154, fig. 203; LIMC V, 1990, p. 859, no. 8, s.v. Ixion.

Ixion bound to the wheel. The fragment preserves the end of his beard just above his left shoulder, most of his body, his left arm but not the hand, part of his thighs. Behind him, two spokes of the wheel, one with his left wrist bound to it. Relief contour.

For the subject, see most recently, LIMC V, 1990, pp. 857--862 s.v. Ixion (C. Lochin); J. Chamay, "Le Châtiment d'Ixion," AK 27, 1984, pp. 146--150; Burn, Meidias Painter, pp. 52--54. The example on 1579 is closest to the fragmentary scene near the Salting Painter, also a cup tondo, a format that suits the subject well: Rome, Antiquarium Forense (ARV2 178, ---). 1579 may be slightly earlier and, if so, would be the earliest preserved example of the Ixion myth. The earliest known literary reference is Pindar, Pythian 2.21--48, composed in the 470's for Hieron of Syracuse.

The Hermaios Painter (ARV2 110, 7; Addenda 173).