P30.1 WINGED HIPPOCAMP
| Museum Collection | State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | St Petersburg GR-10334 |
| Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
| Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
| Shape | Plate |
| Painter | - |
| Date | ca. 320 - 310 B.C. |
| Period | Late Classical / Early Hellenistic |
DESCRIPTION
A winged Hippocamp or fish-tailed Pegasus is ringed by a circle of waves. This unusual creature has the head and forelegs of a horse, tail and forefins of a fish, and the wings of a bird. In myth, the winged Pegasus was the son of the sea-god Poseidon and the fish-tailed Hippocampi were his aquatic steeds.