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K11.2 THE FOSTERING
OF DIONYSOS
Museum Collection: Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano,
Vatican City
Catalogue Number: Vatican 559
Beazley Archive Number: 214232
Ware: Attic Red Figure, White Ground
Shape: Krater, kalyx
Painter: Attributed to the Phiale Paitner
Date: ca 440 - 435 BC
Period: Classical
SUMMARY
Detail of Hermes delivering the infant Dionysos to the foster care of Seilenos and the Nysiades. The god is depicted with winged boots and cap, and holds a herald's wand (kerykeion) in his hand.
ARTICLES Dionysos, Hermes
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