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K7.3 THE RETURN OF HEPHAESTUS

Return of Hephaestus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 2384
Beazley Archive No. 213728
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to the School of Polygnotos
Date ca 430 B.C.
Period High Classical

DESCRIPTION

Hephaestus riding a donkey and holding tongs is led back to Olympus by Dionysos and his retinue of Satyrs.

This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.

ARTICLES

Hephaestus, Dionysus, Satyrs