Poseidon pursuing Amymone | Greek vase, Athenian red figure krater

 

K2.8 POSEIDON & AMYMONE

Museum Collection: State Hermitage Museum , St Petersburg, Russia
Catalogue No.: St Petersburg 191
Beazley Archive No.: 213878
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Krater, Calyx
Painter: Attributed to the Achilles Painter
Date: ca 475 - 425 BC
Period: --

SUMMARY

Poseidon with trident in hand pursues the Argive maiden Amymone. She has come to the springs of Lerna with an amphora vase to fetch water.

ARTICLESPoseidon

 
 
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