Wall fragment. Max. dim. 0.12. Schwarz, Triptolemos, p. 37, cat. no. V 49, pl. 8:14; Hayashi, Triptolemosbildes, p. 136, cat. no. 37, pl. 5:1 (wrongly called a calyx-krater); Langridge, "Eucharides Painter," p. 345, cat. no. E 7.

Triptolemos (feet; lower drapery) sitting on the throne (part of floor and wheel, start of wing, a little of the spotted serpent). Relief contour. Dilute glaze: part of wing.

For the subject, see 229. Of the three episodes in this myth recognized by Dugas, 289 probably depicted the second, the departure for the mission where Triptolemos sits on the throne flanked by Demeter and Kore, one of whom pours a libation into his phiale. The composition on 289 may have looked much like the one on Louvre G 187, the namepiece of the Triptolemos Painter (ARV2 361, 2; Paralip. 364, 2; Addenda 222; Denoyelle, Chefs-d'oeuvre . . . Louvre, pp. 130--131, cat. no. 60).

The earliest preserved mention of Triptolemos' throne with the snakes is a fragment of Sophokles' tragedy, Triptolemos, which was probably first performed in 468 B.C. (fragment 539: A. Nauck, ed., Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, 2nd ed., Leipzig 1889, p. 262; for the date of the play, see A. C. Pearson, The Fragments of Sophokles, vol. 2, Cambridge 1917, p. 239; there, the fragment is no. 596 and appears on p. 243). Several representations of the subject, including 289 and Louvre G 187, that depict the serpent alongside the wheel of the seat predate the play, thus indicating that the version with the snakes is not an invention of the playwright (see Pearson, p. 240, note 1): Athens Art Market by the Theseus Painter (Haspels, ABL p. 252, no. 64; snakes are present, according to Raubitschek, Hesperia Suppl. XX, p. 110); Prague 1867 by the Emporion

Painter (ABV 708, 19; Paralip. 291, 19); Athens, N.M. 430 by the Beldam Painter or in his manner (ABV 587, ---, 1); Louvre G 187 by the Triptolemos Painter; London, B.M. E 140 by Makron (ARV2 459, 3; Paralip. 377, 3; Addenda 243).

The Eucharides Painter (ARV1 154, 15; ARV2 227, 16: wrongly called a calyx-krater: the wall is convex, not flaring).