H28.1B DIOSCURI & GIANTS
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre S1677 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 217568 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Amphora |
| Painter | Attributed to the the Suessula Painter |
| Date | ca 400 - 390 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of one of the Dioscuri twins battling a Gigante in a painting depicting the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants). The demigod is depicted as a horseman wearing a petasos cap and armed with a spear. The giants are draped in leopard-skin capes. The other Dioscuri also appears in the painting (see other image).
ARTICLES
OTHER IMAGES
L20.1 Gigantes
T24.2 Zeus
K4.4 Hera
K9.1 Ares
K11.3 Hermes
T16.1 Hecate
K6.5 Artemis
