Showcase 25. Dating: around 460-450 BC. From La Badiola (Chiusi). The scenes depicted on this vase, attributed to the Penelope Painter made in Athens and marketed in Etruria, are unique for their kind, and perhaps were inspired by a theatrical drama. The names of the personages, now not preserved, were painted in white next to the figures. This is the oldest representation of Penelope, a rare representation of Telemachus, and exceptional for the depiction of the recognition of the itinerant Odysseus by his wet nurse Euriklea (identified here as Antiphata). The traditional place of a wife in Greece was in front of a loom, as we see on the front of this skyphos, , where the faithful wife of Odysseus sits with her head covered, as was customary for a married woman. Behind Penelope, a textile has just begun to take shape. In front of her, her son Telemachus gives his mother a worried glance. On the other side, Odysseus is recognized by his wet nurse, who washes his feet in the presence of the swineherd Eumaeus. It is possible that the choice of Telemachus as one of the principal figures on this vase is not accidental. According to a late tradition, in fact, Telemachus was considered the founder of the city of Chiusi.