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K2.5 POSEIDON & AMYMONE

Poseidon & Amymone | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 28.020
Beazley Archive No. 206302
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lebes Gamikos
Painter Attributed to the Pan Painter
Date ca 480 - 460 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

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

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

ARTICLES

Amymone, Poseidon

OTHER IMAGES

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