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K8.22 ATHENA & THE GIANT ENCELADUS

Athena & Enceladus | 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 Athena battling the giant Enceladus from a painting of the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants).

Athena battles the giant Enceladus. The goddess wears the serpent-trimmed, Gorgon-headed aegis draped across her arm as a shield and brandishes a spear. The fallen, beardless Gigante is equipped with a shield and crested helm and draws a sword from a scabbard.

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