Apollo, god of music, riding Griffin | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

K5.7 APOLLON RIDING GRYPS (GRIFFIN)

Museum Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: TBA
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: TBA
Date: ca 380 BC
Period: Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

SUMMARY

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

ARTICLESApollon

 
 
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