N14.1 THE HESPERIDES
Museum Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Catalogue Number: London E224
Beazley Archive Number: 220497
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Hydria
Painter: Attributed to the Meidias Painter
Date: ca 420 - 410 BC
Period: Classical
SUMMARY
Side A: Detail of the three Hesperides, the tree of the Golden Apples and the coiling Drakon. The larger scene depicts the arrival of Medea and the Argonauts in the garden, on their return to Greece from Kolkhis.
Side B: The rape of the Leukippides (other image)
ARTICLES Hesperides, Hesperian Drakon
OTHER IMAGES OF VASE
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