Polyphemus blinded by Odysseus | Greek vase, Laconian black figure kylix

L8.5 ODYSSEUS & POLYPHEMOS

Museum Collection: Cabinet des Médailles, Paris, France
Catalogue No: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Laconian Black Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: --
Date: ca 550 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Odysseus and his men drive a stake into the eye of the Kyklops Polyphemos. The giant sits on a rock holding the dismembered limbs of a man.

ARTICLESPolyphemos

 
 
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