K2.5 POSEIDON & AMYMONE

Museum Collection: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, New York City, USA
Catalogue No.: RISD 28.020
Beazley Archive No.: 206302
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Lebes gamikos
Painter: Attr. to the Pan Painter
Date: ca 480 - 460 BC
Period: Early Classical

SUMMARY

Poseidon, holding his trident in hand, chases after a maiden, perhaps the Danaid Amymone. The girl wears a sakkos (scarf) tied around her head.