N1.3 THE CHARIOT OF NYX
| Museum Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | New York 41.162.29 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 305499 |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure (White Ground) |
| Shape | Lekythos |
| Painter | Attributed to the Sappho Painter |
| Date | ca. 500 B.C. |
| Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Nyx, goddess of the night, drives a four-horse chariot across the sky--only two horse heads are visible but the numerous forelegs indicate a team of four. She is crowned with an orb of darkness and trails a veil of nocturnal mists (erebos). The figure is labelled NUKS on the vase. Opposite her is the nearly identical form of Heos (Eos-Hemera), the goddess of dawn and day (see other image), trailing a veil of light (aither).
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