red-handed Eris
12" x 12"
oil on canvas
This painting of Eris (Discord) is very close to an Attic black-figure cup
interior ca 560 B.C. According to Hesiod, Eris was dual in nature. She inspired
envy (and thus harder work) from lazy farmers who gazed upon the full barns of
their neighbors. She also roamed battlefields as the companion of the war god
Ares, and with her golden apple set the stage for Troy.
What looks like "epis" beneath the figure is a detail from the vase painting,
actually her name; the Greek letter r looks like a p.
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