Shepherd pursued by a phallic Pan | Greek vase, Athenian red figure krater

K22.2 PAN PURSUING A SHEPHERD

Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue No.: Boston 10.185
Beazley Archive No.: 206804
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Bell krater
Painter: Name vase of the Pan Painter
Date: ca 470 BC
Period: Early Classical

SUMMARY

Side A: Death of Aktaion (see other images)
Side B: A goat-headed Pan, with erect members and goat hoof feet, pursues a young shepherd boy. Behind him stands a Herm on a rock, a rustic fertility statue of the god Hermes.

ARTICLESPan, Hermes

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