Zeus pursuing Ganymedes | Greek vase, Athenian red figure amphora

 

O24.4 ZEUS & GANYMEDES

Museum Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Catalogue Number: Fitzwilliam GR23.1937
Beazley Archive Number: 204449
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Amphora, neck
Painter: Attributed to Briseis Painter
Date: ca 500 - 450 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Zeus pursues the boy Ganymedes, who is playing with a toy hoop.

ARTICLESGanymedes, Zeus

 
 
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