Hades & the Rape of Persephone | Greek vase, Athenian red figure amphora

 

K14.6 THE RAPE OF PERSEPHONE

Museum Collection: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, Italy
Catalogue Number: Naples H3091
Beazley Archive Number: 207533
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Neck Amphora
Painter: Attributed to Oionokles Painter
Date: ca 475 - 425 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Haides, holding a royal sceptre and cornucopia (horn of plenty) in his hands, seizes Persephone.

ARTICLESHaides, Persephone

 
 
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