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T1.3 THE BIRTH OF ERICHTHONIUS

Birth of Erichthonius | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 2413
Beazley Archive No. 205571
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Stamnos
Painter Name vase of the Painter of Munich 2413
Date ca 460 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Gaea (the Earth) hands her newborn son Erichthonius over to the foster-care of the goddess Athena. Gaea is depicted partially risen from the earth, inseperable from her native element. Athena, wearing the snake-trimmed aegis cloak, receives the infant. She is accompanied by Hephaestus, the father of the child.
Side B: Zeus served by Iris (see other image).

This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.

ARTICLES

Gaea, Athena, Hephaestus

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Zeus & Iris

P21.5 Zeus