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M15.1 CROMMYONIAN SOW & THESEUS

Crommyonian Sow & Theseus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre G265
Beazley Archive No. 204532
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Name vase of the Painter of Louvre G265
Date ca 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Theseus fighting the Crommyonian Sow from a painting depicting the labours of the hero. In this scene the old hag Phaea drives her huge pig against the club-wielding hero.

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Crommyonian Sow