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N13.3 THESEUS & ARIADNE

Theseus & Ariadne | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum of Taranto
Catalogue No. Taranto 4545
Beazley Archive No. 206410
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Manner of Pan Painter
Date ca 460 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Athena rouses Theseus, commanding him abandon Ariadne on the island of Naxos. The maiden sleeps with a tiny, winged Hypnos (slumber personified) crouching on her head.

ARTICLES

Ariadne, Hypnos, Athena