K20.10 THE MUSES
| Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Boston 98.887 |
| Beazley Archive No. | - |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure (White Ground) |
| Shape | Pyxis |
| Painter | Name vase of the Hesiod Painter |
| Date | ca 460 - 450 B.C. |
| Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Seven Muses playing a variety of musical instruments including a barbiton, cithara, pipes and flute gather around a herdsman with a cow. The man is perhaps Thamyris, a rustic bard who challenged the Muses to a musical contest. Although the figure is sometimes identified as the poet Hesiod or Archilochus. The seventh Muse, from a heavily damaged portion of the vase, is not included in the picture above.
This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.
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K20.10B Euterpe
