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Charon, ferryman of the dead, & Hermes | Greek vase, Athenian red figure white-ground lekythos

N11.3 KHARON & HERMES PSYKHOPOMPOS

Museum Collection: National Archaeological Museum,
Athens, Greece
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: TBA
Ware: Attic Red Figure (White Ground)
Shape: Lekythos
Painter: TBA
Date: --
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Detail of Kharon and Hermes figures. In the full vase Hermes psychopompos (guide of the dead) leads the shade of youth to the skiff of Kharon. The ferryman stands leaning on his pole.

ARTICLES

Kharon, Hermes

 
 
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