Poene, winged goddess of retirbution | Greek vase, Lucanian red figure calyx krater

N10.1 KER OR POINE

Museum Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Lucanian Red Figure
Shape: Krater, calyx
Date: ca 400 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Poine (Retaliation) from a painting depicting the retribution of Medea. The children of Jason and Medea lie dead on an altar, princess Glauke with hair aflame burns in the palace, Kreon rushes to her aide, and Medea flees in a winged chariot (see other images).

ARTICLESKeres, Poinai

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