Hades with cornucopia & Persephone with seed | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

K14.3 HAIDES & PERSEPHONE

Museum Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue Number: London E 82
Beazley Archive Number: 217212
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to Codrus Painter
Date: ca 450 - 400 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Tondo: Haides and Persephone recline on a couch in the underworld. The god is depicted holding a cornucopia (horn of plenty) and Persephone a pomegranate seed (?).
Sides: Feast of the gods of Olympos
(see other image).

ARTICLESHaides, Persephone

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