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K30.1 HERMAPHRODITUS

Hermaphroditus | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Rhode Island School of Design Museum, New York
Catalogue No. RISD 1986.158
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure (Gnathian)
Shape Lekythos, Squat
Painter -
Date ca 340 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Hermaphroditus is depicted as a winged love-god (an Eros) with a combination of male and female attributes--the breasts and hair-style of a woman, and male genitalia. He/she chases a hare, an animal which symbolized sexual desire.

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

ARTICLES

Hermaphroditus