Keywords: Salmoneus AJA 1899.jpg Salmoneus wielding a sword and a thunderbolt-like thingy He just broke the chains that contained him the madman and acts like Zeus To his left is Iris to the right his astonished wife Attic red-figure column crater first half of the 5th century BC Now in the Chicago Art Institute 1889 16 This painting was first published by Ernest Arthur Gardner 1899 and attributed as Athamas in madness In 1903 Carl Robert corrected this interpretation to Salmoneus American Journal of Archaeology vol 3 1899 p 332 pl IV 1899 photo anonymous PD-old Salmoneus in ancient Greek pottery Column kraters Attic red-figure pottery 5th-century BC pottery Iris mythology Mental disorders in art |