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K21.3 POSEIDON, AMPHITRITE & THE CHARITES

Poseidon, Amphitrite & the Charites | Attic black figure vase painting

DETAILS
Museum Collection	British Museum, London
Catalogue No.	London 1971,1101.1
Beazley Archive No.	350099
Ware	Attic Black Figure
Shape	Dinos
Painter	Signed by Sophilos
Date	ca. 580 - 570 B.C.
Period	Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Poseidon, Amphitrite and the Charites (Graces) from a painting depicting the procession of gods attending the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

Poseidon and his wife Amphitrite ride in a chariot drawn by four horses. The pair lack attributes and are indistinguishable, aside from the name labels, from the other deities in the scene. The three Charites (Graces) are handmaidens of the goddess Hera and follow behind her chariot (see image K17.2).