L11.2 HERMES & ARGUS PANOPTES

Museum Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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Catalogue No. | Vienna 3729 |
Beazley Archive No. | 202608 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Stamnos |
Painter | Attributed to the Argos Painter |
Date | - |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Hermes grasps the beard of the eye-covered Argus Panoptes as he prepares to slay him with his sword. Behind the pair stands the heifer-maiden Io. Zeus (partially shown) witnesses the scene on the far right.