T1.1 POSEIDON & GIGANTE POLYBOTES

Museum Collection:  Antikenmuseen, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue No.: Berlin F2531
Beazley Archive No.: 220533
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Aristophanes
Date: ca 410 - 400 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Poseidon battling the Gigante Polybotes from a painting of the Giganto-makhia (War of the Giants). The god attacks the armoured giant with his trident. Gaia, rising up from the earth, pleads for her son, Polybote's, life.

ARTICLESPoseidon, Gaia, Polybotes, Gigantes

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