K17.1 THE HORAI
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 the three Horai (Seasons) from a painting depicting the reception of Herakles into Olympos. The three each hold the sign of a season: one has a branch of spring blossoms, another of summer fruit, and the third a winter seed (?). They stand before the seated Demeter, goddess of earth's fertility (see other image).
ARTICLES
Horai, Eirene, Eunomia, Dike
OTHER IMAGES OF VASE
