T34.11 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUR

Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre MNC675 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Boeotian Black Figure |
Shape | Skyphos |
Painter | - |
Date | ca 550 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Theseus grabs the bull-headed Minotaur by the horn as he drives a sword into its breast. Ariadne stands beside the hero and the sacrificial youths and maidens behind the beast.