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Winged boar "Chrysaor" on the shield of Geryon | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

L3.1D WINGED BOAR

Museum Collection: Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany
Catalogue Number: Munich 2620
Beazley Archive Number: 200080
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix, type B
Painter: Signed by Euphronios
Date: ca 510 - 500 BC
Period: Late Archaic

ARTICLESKhrysaor

SUMMARY

Detail of a winged boar from the shield of the three-bodied giant Geryon. It may represent his father, Khrysaor, twin-brother of the winged horse Pegasos.

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