O12.6 CAENEUS & THE CENTAURS
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre G55 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 201756 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Stamnos |
| Painter | Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter |
| Date | ca. 490 - 480 B.C. |
| Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: The Lapith hero Caeneus is hammered into the ground by a pair of Centaurs wielding rocks and tree-branches. According to the myth the hero was impervious to weapons, so the beasts buried him beneath a mound of stones.
Side B: Lapiths battling Centaurs (Centauromachy) (not shown).
"Kaineus, struck by the green fir-trees, cleft the ground with his foot, where he stood, and passed beneath the earth." - Pindar, Fragment 166