Ancient Greek Art: Pan

Pan, the rustic god, with panpipes | Greek vase, Apulian red figure volute krater

K22.7 PAN

Museum Collection: Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Taranto, Taranto, Italy
Catalogue Number: Taranto 8264
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Krater, volute
Painter: Name vase of the Painter of the Birth of Dionysos
Date: ca 405 - 385 BC
Period: Late Classical

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SUMMARY

Detail of Pan from a painting depicting the birth of Dionysos. Pan is shown with pointed ears, goat horns and a tail. He has an animal skin draped over his shoulders, and a set of pan-pipes.

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