Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Sciron.
The gallery
Theseus Plunges Sciron into the Sea (kylix)
Douris, c. 480 BC
Douris' Berlin kylix from Vulci: Theseus kicks Sciron from the cliff toward the waiting turtle — the Isthmus brigand's death as Attic red-figure justice.
Theseus and Sciron (metope)
Unknown (Attic), c. 500 BC
Metope from the Athenian Treasury at Delphi: Theseus against Sciron — the cliff-robber carved into Panhellenic stone for every pilgrim to see.
Theseus, Sciron and Procrustes (cup)
Onesimos (potter Euphronios), c. 500–490 BC
Louvre cup G104: Sciron among Theseus' Isthmus labours beside Procrustes — the cliff and the bed as paired Athenian propaganda.
Theseus and Sciron
Unknown, 19th century
Nineteenth-century illustration of Theseus casting Sciron from the Scironian rocks — the turtle below, the brigand mid-fall.