Zeus & Hera, king & queen of the gods | Greek vase, Athenian red figure pyxis

 

K4.9 ZEUS & HERA

Museum Collection: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, Pennsylvania, USA
Catalogue No.: MS5462
Beazley Archive No.: 15295
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Pyxis
Painter: Name vase of the Heimarmene Painter
Date: ca 450 - 400 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Zeus and Hera from a painting depicting the wedding of Herakles and Hebe. The gods both hold royal sceptres in their hands. To their left stands Athene.

ARTICLESZeus, Hera

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