Bendis, the Thracian goddess, with fox-cap & hunting spears | Greek vase, Apulian red figure krater

K45.2B BENDIS

Museum Collection: Musem of Fine Arts, Boston,
Massachusetts, USA
Museum Catalogue Number: Boston 1983.553
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Krater, bell
Painter: Name vase of the Bendis Painter
Date: ca 370 - 360 BC
Period: Late Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of the Thracian goddess Bendis, from a vase depicting her with several Greek gods. She is depicted wearing a Thracian body-suit, an animal-skin cap, and holding in her hands a hunting spear and drinking cup.

ARTICLES

Bendis

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