Hephaestus, god of metalworking, & a satyr | Greek vase, Athenian red figure pelike

K7.5B THE RETURN OF HEPHAISTOS

Museum Collection: Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany
Catalogue Number: Munich 2361
Beazley Archive Number: 215176
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Pelike
Painter: Attributed to the Kleophon Painter
Date: ca 430 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Hephaistos from a vase depicting his return to Olympos. The drunken god holds a pair of tongs in his hand and is supported a Satyros attendant of Dionysos.

ARTICLES

Hephaistos, Dionysos, Satyroi

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