Ganymedes with hoop & cock | Greek vase, Athenian red figure krater

O24.3 GANYMEDES

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: G175
Beazley Archive Number: 201933
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Bell Krater
Painter: Attributed to Berlin Painter
Date: ca 525-475 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Zeus (not shown) pursues the boy Ganymedes, who is playings with a toy hoop and pet rooster (perhaps a gift from his male suitor).

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Zeus

 
 
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