Europa & the Bull | Greek vase, Apulian red figure kylix

K1.8 EUROPA & THE BULL

Museum Collection: Kunst-historiches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Museum Catalogue No.: TBA
Beazley Archive No.: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: --
Date: ca 330 - 320 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Zeus, in the guise of a white bull, carries the Phoenician princess Europa across the sea to the island of Krete.

ARTICLES

Zeus

 
 
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