O6.4 PEITHO

Museum Collection: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu,
California, USA
Catalogue Number: Malibu 86.AE.680
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Loutrophoros
Painter: Attributed to the Painter of Louvre MNB 1148
Date: ca 350 - 340 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of the figure of Peitho (seductive persuasion personified). Peitho oversees Zeus' seduction of Leda in the shape of a swan. She holds a ball of twine, and a sash-carrying dove flies overhead.

ARTICLES

Peitho