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M25.4 THESEUS & THE MARATHONIAN BULL

Theseus & Marathonian Bull | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1850,0302.3
Beazley Archive No. 217213
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to the Codrus Painter
Date ca. 440 - 430 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Theseus fighting the Marathonian bull from a painting depicting the labours of the hero.

Theseus brandishes a gnarled club, leaping on one foot beside the rearing bull of Marathon.

ARTICLES

Marathonian Bull

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