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K31.7 EROSTASIA
Museum Collection: British
Museum, London, UK
Catalogue Number: London F220
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: --
Painter: --
Date: ca 350 BC
Period: Late Classical / Early Hellenistic
SUMMARY
The goddess Aphrodite stands before a man weighing a pair of Erotes (winged love-gods) on the scales of fate (a so-called erostasia). One of these is Eros (Love proferred) and the other Anteros (Love returned).
ARTICLES Aphrodite, Erotes, Eros, Anteros
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