O26.1 ZEUS & AIGINA
Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue Number: Boston 95.36
Beazley Archive Number: 204081
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kantharos
Painter: Attributed to the Brygos Painter
Date: ca 480 - 470 BC
Period: Late Archaic
SUMMARY
Side A: Zeus pursues the maiden Aigina. The king of the gods holds a royal sceptre in his hand, and steps forward from a tree-shaded altar.
Side B: Zeus pursues the youth Ganymedes (see other image).
ARTICLES Aigina, Zeus
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