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M28.5 CADMUS & THE DRAGON

Cadmus & Ismenian Dragon | Campanian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 69.1142
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Campanian Red Figure
Shape Hydria, Kalpis
Painter Attribted to the Whiteface-Frignano Painter
Date ca 345 - 335 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Cadmus battles the guardian serpent of the sacred Ismenian spring. The hero holds a water jug (hydria) and spear in one hand and wields a stone in the other. The serpent is coiled in a cluster of flowers and fronds representing the spring.

ARTICLES

Ismenian Dragon