Eos & the body of Memnon | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

T19.2 THE DEATH OF MEMNON

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre G115
Beazley Archive Number: 205119
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Signed by Douris
Date: ca 485 - 480 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Side A: Duel of Paris & Menelaos (see other image)
Side B: Aias battles Hektor (see other image)
Tondo: The winged, idawn-goddess Eos lifts the body of her son Memnon from the battlefields of Troy.

ARTICLESEos

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