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K4.3 HERA & GIANT PHOETUS

Hera & Phoetus | Attic red figure vase painting

DETAILS
Museum Collection	Antikensammlung Berlin
Catalogue No.	Berlin F2531
Beazley Archive No.	220533
Ware	Attic Red Figure
Shape	Kylix
Painter	Signed by Aristophanes
Date	ca. 410 - 400 B.C.
Period	Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Hera battling the giant Phoetus from a painting depicting the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants).

The goddess Hera brandishes a spear and wears a stephane crown. Her fallen Gigante opponent, Phoetus (Phoitos), is equipped with a crested helm, large shield and sword.

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