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K31.2 APHRODITE & EROTES

Aphrodite & Erotes | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection -
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
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Painter -
Date ca 380 B.C.
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

DESCRIPTION

The goddess Aphrodite is surrounded by a flock of Erotes (winged love-gods). One suckles on her breast, two flit through the air, and another pair play inside a chest. She is accompanied by two attendants, probably Charites, one holding a sun-umbrella and the other a swan.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Erotes, Charites