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K31.6 APHRODITE & EROTES

Aphrodite & Erotes | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum of Florence
Catalogue No. Florence 81947
Beazley Archive No. 220494
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Hydria
Painter Attributed to Meidias Painter
Date ca 450 - 400 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Aphrodite driving a chariot drawn by a pair of Erotes (winged love-gods) in a scene depicting the love of Phaon and Demonassa. One of the Erotes holds a wreath of myrtle leaves and a plate (phiale), and the other an incense burner. The two are probably Eros (Love) and Himeros (Desire). Other figures in this scene (not shown) are Hygeia, Eudaimonia, Leura, Chrysope, Herosora, Panychis, Apollo, Leto, Phaon and Demonassa.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Erotes, Eros, Himeros

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