Hephaestus, god of smiths, riding a winged chair | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

K7.6 THE RETURN OF HEPHAISTOS

Museum Collection: (not known where), Berlin, Germany
Catalogue Number: Berlin F2273
Beazley Archive Number: 201595
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to the Ambrosios Painter
Date: ca 525 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Hephaistos flies back to heaven from his exile on the shores of the river Okeanos in a winged chariot decorated with the heads of cranes. The god holds the double-headed mallet of a smith in his hand.

ARTICLESHephaistos

 
 
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