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K6.6 THE DEATH OF ACTAEON

Death of Actaeon | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Paris Ca3482
Beazley Archive No. 207101
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater
Painter Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs
Date ca. 460 - 440 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

The youthful hunter Actaeon is transformed into a stag--the metamorphosis is not shown in this image--by the goddess Artemis as punishment for spying upon her bath. He is savaged by his own hounds. The goddess drives a deer-drawn biga chariot. She holds a bow in one hand and wears a crown and veil.

This image is a montage of several images of the vase.

IMAGE DETAIL

Chariot of Artemis | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of the chariot of Artemis.

ARTICLES

Artemis, Golden Hinds