K13.1 DEMETER & HESTIA

Museum Collection: Antikenmuseen, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue Number: Berlin F2278
Beazley Archive Number: 200108
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Name vase of the Sosias Painter
Date: ca 500 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Detail of Demeter and Hestia from a painting depicting the reception of Herakles into Olympos. The pair are seated on stools draped with leopard skins. Demeter holds a staff tipped with sheafs of grain and the maiden goddess Hestia is modestly attired in a veil.

ARTICLES

Demeter, Hestia