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K1.13 EUROPA & THE BULL

Europa & the Bull | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia
Catalogue No. Tarquinia RC7456
Beazley Archive No. 201935
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Bell
Painter Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Date C5th B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Zeus, in the guise of a friendly bull, tempts the Phoenician princess Europa to climb onto his back. When she does he carries her across the sea to the island of Crete.

ARTICLES

Zeus