L8.3 ODYSSEUS & POLYPHEMUS

Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Pseudo-Chalcidic Black Figure |
Shape | Amphora |
Painter | - |
Date | ca 530 - 510 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Odysseus and his men drive a stake into the eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus. The giant is depicted as a large, hairy man with an orb-shaped eye.