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T35.1 CIRCE

Circe | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Catalogue No. Dresden 323
Beazley Archive No. 207775
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Pelike
Painter Attributed to the Ethiop Painter
Date ca 460 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

The witch Circe transforms one of Odysseus' men into a boar. The man is depicted partially transformed with a beast's head, tail and hooves. Circe holds a mortar and pestle (or bowl and wand) in her hands.

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Circe