K10.10 ADONIS & APHRODITE
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Florence |
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Catalogue No. | Florence 81948 |
Beazley Archive No. | 220493 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Hydria |
Painter | Attributed to Meidias Painter |
Date | ca 450 - 400 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Adonis, Aphrodite and Eros from a painting depicting the retinue of the goddess. Other figures (not shown) include the Erotes (Loves) and the younger Charites (Graces) named Eudaimonia, Harmonia, Paidia, Eurynoe, Pannychis, Chrysothemis, Hygeia, and Pandaisia.