Abstract
A fabric medallion from a 5th century clavus band from the Egyptian city of Antinopolis, now on display at the Musée des Antiquités in Rouen, depicts a winged putto figure with the inscription kairos on the right. Two other medallions from that same clavus depicting winter (cheimerinos) and spring (earinos) can be found at the Musée du Louvre. Kairos is seen carrying a bunch of grapes in his right hand, a stick slung over his left shoulder with his catch of the day: a rabbit. In conjunction with the other medallions from the tunic, he is said to be the personification of autumn. After all, for Kairos the time is ‘ripe’ for picking grapes and hunting game. 1
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