T28.2 BOREAS & OREITHYIA
Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue Number: Boston 1972.850
Beazley Archive Number: 5958
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Calyx krater
Painter: Attributed to the Niobid Painter
Date: ca 460 - 450 BC
Period: Early Classical
SUMMARY
Upper register: Peleus capturing Thetis (see other images)
Lower register: Boreas, the winged god of the north wind, pursues the Athenian princess Oreithyia. He will carry her off to the mountains of Thrake as his bride.
ARTICLES Boreas, Oreithyia
OTHER IMAGES OF VASE
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