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K9.5 ARES & THE GIGANTE MIMON
Museum Collection: Antiken-museen, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue No.: Berlin F2531
Beazley Archive No.: 220533
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Signed by Aristophanes
Date: ca 410 - 400 BC
Period: Classical
SUMMARY
Detail of Ares battling the Gigante Mimon from a painting of the Gigantomakhia (War of the Giants). The god strikes down the beardless giant with his sword. both combatants bear serpent-decorated shields.
NOTE
This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.
ARTICLES Ares, Gigantes
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