T34.9 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUR

Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 60.1 |
Beazley Archive No. | - |
Ware | Attic Black Figure |
Shape | Amphora |
Painter | Attributed to the Nikosthenes Painter |
Date | ca. 540 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Theseus grabs the bull-headed Minotaur by the horn as he drives a sword into its breast. Blood spurts from the beast's wound. The combatants are flanked by three of the sacrificial Athenian youths and maidens.
Side B: The Dioscuri riding into Olympus (not shown).