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L8.6 ODYSSEUS & POLYPHEMUS

Odysseus & Polyphemus | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1894.11-1.289
Beazley Archive No. 305619
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Oinochoe
Painter Attributed to the Group of Athena Painter
Date ca 500 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Odysseus escapes the cave of the Cyclops Polyphemus by hanging onto the underside of a ram. The blinded giant reclines across the entrance with a club in his hand.

ARTICLES

Polyphemus