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K10.9 THE DUEL OF PARIS & MENELAUS

Duel of Paris & Menelaus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre G115
Beazley Archive No. 205119
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Signed by Douris
Date ca 485 - 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Paris and Menelaus duel in a scene from Homer's Iliad. Paris is protected by the goddesses Aphrodite and Artemis.
Side B: Ajax battles Hector (see other image).
Tondo: Eos with body of Memnon (see other image).

This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Apollo, Athena

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Ajax & Hector

K5.10 Ajax

Thumbnail Eos & Memnon

T19.2 Eos