O24.1 ZEUS & GANYMEDES
Museum Collection | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu |
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Catalogue No. | Malibu 84.AE.569 |
Beazley Archive No. | 16200 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Douris |
Date | ca 480 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic / Early Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Tondo: Ganymedes serves Zeus on Olympus. The god holds a sceptre in one hand and a cup in the other. The youth pours nectar from an oinochoe jug.
Side A:
Eos pursuing Cephalus (see other image).
Side B: Zeus seizes the youth Ganymedes (see other image).