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K11.4 HERMES PSYCHOSTASIA & MEMNON

Hermes & Memnon | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London B639
Beazley Archive No. 456
Ware Attic Black Figure (White Ground)
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Sappho Painter or Little-Lion Class
Date -
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Hermes Psychostasia (Weigher of Souls) stands between Memnon and Achilles (not shown) in a scene from the Trojan War. The god weighs their destinies on the scales of fate.

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Hermes