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H28.2 THE DIOSCURI

Dioscuri | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara
Catalogue No. Ferrara T18CVP
Beazley Archive No. 211599
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter
Date ca 450 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Tondo: The Dioscuri twins, Castor and Polydeuces, march on Marathon to recover their abducted sister Helen from Theseus. The pair are depicted as horsemen armed with spears.
Interior: The labours of Theseus (not shown).

ARTICLES

Dioscuri