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K5.7 APOLLO RIDING GRIFFIN

Apollo Riding Griffin | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter -
Date ca 380 B.C.
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

DESCRIPTION

Apollo rides sidesaddle upon the back of a Griffin (Gryps)--a winged, eagle-headed lion. The god strums a lyre with one hand and holds a laurel branch in the other.

ARTICLES

Apollo, Griffins