Athena, goddess of crafts, with tablet & stylus | Greek vase, Athenian red figure Panathenaic amphora

K8.4 ATHENE

Museum Collection: Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany
Catalogue Number: Munich 2314
Beazley Archive Number: 203805
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Amphora, Panathenaic
Painter: Attributed to the Triptolemos Painter
Date: ca 480 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Athene is depicted writing on a tablet with a stylus. Her shield leans against her leg, and she wears a helm and snake-trimmed aigis cloak.

ARTICLES

Athene

 
 
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