T34.2 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUR

Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre G71 |
Beazley Archive No. | 200739 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Euergides Painter |
Date | ca 510 - 500 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A1: Theseus grasps the bull-headed Minotaur by the head as he prepares to slay it with a sword. The beast brandishes a pair of rocks.
Side A2: Heracles wrestling the Nemean Lion (see other image). Theseus battling Procrustes (not shown).