Ten non-joining fragments, f with start of handle, i part of handle (not illustrated). Max. dim. a) 0.42, b) 0.232, c) 0.239, d) 0.243, e) 0.085, f) 0.10, g) 0.149, h) 0.068, i) 0.057, j) 0.077. P.H. of a) 0.175. B. B. Shefton, Hesperia 31, 1962, pls. 105:a, b, 106: the fragments have been relettered since this publication; for convenience, in the description below, the old letters are given in parentheses; LIMC IV, 1988, pp. 88--89, no. 217, figure at top of p. 89 (drawing), s.v. Europe I; R. Vollkommer, BCH 111, 1987, p. 148, fig. 2:a, b; Matheson, Polygnotos, p. 445, cat. no. PEM 15, pl. 166, A--C.

A, Herakles and the Bull. Fragment a (a) preserves the major part of the composition. At the far left is a flat plaque (the bottom of the vertical handle) decorated with a stopped-maeander pattern above a palmette. Above this is a pair of male feet to right and a bit of drapery (this figure would have stood on the back of the upright handle). To the right of the plaque sits a woman (chiton and himation) to left, looking back (the position of her left shoulder makes clear that her chest was frontal; thus her head probably faced to right). She sits on a rock that is indicated only by preliminary sketch. Then comes Iolaos (right forearm with hand on hip, chlamys fastened at right shoulder [now missing, but the arrangement of the folds confirms this], lower legs with boots) standing frontally, probably looking to right and holding two spears (shafts) in his left hand; next is Athena (a bit of peplos, right hand with spear) to right. After this comes Herakles (lower torso, start of thighs, left forearm, part of lionskin) leaning to right, his club held in his raised right hand, now missing (the tip of the club appears next to the hero's left shoulder). A little bit of the bull's neck appears in the lower right at the break and one forehoof is preserved on fragment j (b). In the uppermost right of fragment a (a) there is a little of the egg pattern that surrounded the spout. Next to the hoof on fragment j (b) there is drapery that would belong to a woman moving to right. Fragment g (c) shows the rib cage, part of the hindquarters, and the end of the bull's tail with tassel. Behind the bull, a youth or man (folds of himation, raised right leg, the shod foot resting on a rock) to left, leaning on a knobby stick, perhaps Minos (see below). Fragment h (d) preserves most of his other foot and behind him the bottom of an object that looks like a pillar or perhaps the lower trunk of a palm tree (see below). To the right of Herakles' club on fragment a (a):

B, Theseus and the Centaurs. Fragment c (e) preserves a plaque (bottom of upright handle) just like the one on a, with the toes of a left foot to left. Below the plaque at the left are the draped knees of a person, probably a woman, seated to right. On the right, part of a draped woman (shoulders, chest) and overlapping her, the croup and start of the tail of a centaur to right. Just above his croup is a lampstand, presumably held by him as a weapon. Fragment d (f) shows more of this centaur (a bit of each raised foreleg) and the top of the lampstand, together with the lower torso and thighs of his attacker, Perithöos, who is nude except for a cloak (a few folds). Then comes Theseus (lower part of face, torso, start of thighs) with a cloak over his outstretched left arm, attacking the centaur, Eurytion (start of tail, body, human torso and end of beard). The bit of drapery next to his beard belongs to Hippodameia, whose feet and lower drapery appear on fragment b (h) together with the right foreleg of the centaur. This fragment also shows the lower legs and falling drapery of a youΦth to right attacking a centaur whose shoulder and back appear at the bottom of fragment f (i). Fragment e (g) shows most of the youth's chest and a little of his right arm. At the very top of the fragment is the shaft of his spear or a spit; at the lower left a bit of the bride's veil. His centaur overlaps a woman, probably seated. All that remains is her upper body (fragment f [ i ]). She wears a chiton with a himation over it and pulled up over the back of her head. Around her head is a stephane. In front of her, fronds of a palmette. Below the figures, egg pattern with dots, visible on a (a), b (h), h (d), j (b). Preliminary sketch. Relief contour. Dilute glaze: lionskin; bull's ribs; line of chin of left woman on Side B; marking around navel and pubic hair of nudes; a few drapery folds. Red: boots of Iolaos.

The subjects on this vase have been discussed in full by B. B. Shefton, "Herakles and Theseus on a Red-Figured Louterion," Hesperia 31, 1962, pp. 330--368. For the identification of the male on fragment g (c) as King Minos and the object on fragment h (d) as a palm tree, see Shefton, pp. 336 and 337 respectively. For figures on the backs of handles, see note 14, p. 25. D. Callipolitis-Feytmans, Les "louteria" attiques, Athens 1965, pp. 35--36 suggests that the shape of 584 derives from the volute-krater.

Near the Curti Painter and also near the Peleus Painter (ARV2 1043, top).