Odysseus threatening Circe | Etruscan vase, Red figure stamnos

T35.9 ODYSSEUS & KIRKE

Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Parma, Italy
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Etruscan Red Figure
Shape: Stamnos
Painter: Attributed to the Settecamini Painter
Date: ca 350 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Odysseus draws his sword on the witch Kirke. The witch raises her arms in a plea for mercy. One of Odysseus' men reclines at her feet, with a boar's head.

ARTICLESKirke

 
 
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