O7.1 CLYMENE & HERA
Museum Collection | Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe |
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Catalogue No. | Karlsruhe 259 |
Beazley Archive No. | 220515 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Hydria |
Painter | Name vase of the Painter of the Carlsruhe Paris |
Date | ca 440 B.C. |
Period | High Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Hera and her attendant Clymene (Fame) from a painting depicting the judgement of Paris. The Oceanid Clymene is seated behind the standing figure of Hera. The queen of the gods wears a tiara and holds a royal, lotus-tipped sceptre. Zeus (partially shown) is seated above the pair.