Hyacinthus riding a swan | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

K5.15 HYAKINTHOS ON SWAN

Museum Collection: University Museums, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
Catalogue No. Mississippi 1977.3.102
Beazley Archive No.: 201027
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to Apollodorus
Date: ca 525 - 475 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

The youth Hyakinthos, beloved of the god Apollon, rides across the sea on the back of a swan.

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

ARTICLESApollon

 
 
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