K20.10C MUSE CALLIOPE
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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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
Detail of a standing Muse playing the lyre from a scene depicting seven Muses and a shepherd. She is probably Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry.