K8.5 ATHENA AT DELPHI
| Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | London 1917,1210.1 |
| Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
| Ware | Paestan Red Figure |
| Shape | Krater, Bell |
| Painter | Attributed to Python |
| Date | ca. 360 - 320 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of the goddess Athena from a painting depicting the purification of Orestes at Delphi.
Athena stands before the tripod and omphalos stone at Delphi with her foot resting on a small plinth. She wears a long robe, red cloak, the scaly aegis breast-guard (fringed with a single serpent head near the thigh), and a plumed helm. She holds a spear in one hand and an Erinys extends a viper-coiled arm above her head.
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