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M28.3 CADMUS & THE DRAGON

Cadmus & Ismenian Dragon | Laconian black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre Ca1860
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Laconian Black Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to the Horsemen Painter
Date ca 550 - 540 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Cadmus battles the guardian serpent of the sacred Ismenian spring. The beast, coiled around a pillar of the fountain-house, lunges at the hero. He wears a high-crested helm, wields a spear, and holds a shield emblazoned with a Gorgoneion (visage of a Gorgon).

ARTICLES

Ismenian Dragon