Zeus seizing Ganymedes | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

O24.5 ZEUS & GANYMEDES

Museum Collection: Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Spina, Ferrara, Italy
Catalogue Number: Ferrara T212BVP
Beazley Archive Number: 211576
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to Penthesilea Painter
Date: ca 475 - 425 BC
Period: Classical

SUMMARY

Zeus seizes the boy Ganymedes, who is holding a pet rooster (perhaps a gift of courting).

ARTICLES

Ganymedes, Zeus

 
 
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