The Erinyes, goddesses of vengeance | Greek vase, Apulian red figure krater

T40.1 THE ERINYES

Museum Collection: Badishes Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe, Germany
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Krater
Painter: --
Date: ca 340 BC.
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of t wo Erinyes from a painting of the gods of the underworld. The pair are dressed as huntresses, with knee-length skirts and hunting boots, one is winged, and the hair and arms of both are entwined with poisonous serpents.

ARTICLES

Erinyes

 
 
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