Eos, winged dawn-goddess | Greek vase, Athenian red figure lebes gamikos

T19.3 EOS THE DAWN

Museum Collection: University Museums, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Catalogue Number: 1977.3.91
Beazley Archive Number: 213787
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Hydria / Lebes gamikos
Painter: Attributed to the Group of Polygnotos
Date: ca 450 - 440 BC
Period: High Classical

SUMMARY

Eos flies over a bride and her handmaidens, heralding the start of a wedding procession at dawn.

ARTICLESEos

 
 
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