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K2.1 POSEIDON & IRIS

Poseidon & Iris | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Catalogue No. Yale 1985.4.1
Beazley Archive No. 44751
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Attributed to the Aegisthus Painter
Date ca. 475 - 470 B.C.
Period Early Classical

DESCRIPTION

Poseidon is seated on a throne with a trident held in one hand and a cup in the other. He is attended by the winged goddess Iris (or perhaps Hebe) who serves nectar from an oinochoe jug.

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.

IMAGE DETAIL

Poseidon | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of the god Poseidon.

ARTICLES

Poseidon, Iris, Hebe