Triptolemus & his winged chariot | Greek vase, Athenian red figure neck amphora

O28.3 DEPARTURE OF TRITPTOLEMOS

Museum Collection: University Museums, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Catalogue Number: Mississippi 1977.3.86
Beazley Archive Number: 201905
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Neck amphora
Painter: Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Date: ca 470 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Side A: Triptolemos departing in a winged chariot to instruct mankind in the art of agriculture.
Side B: Demeter or Hekate (see other image)

ARTICLES

Triptolemos

OTHER IMAGES OF VASE

         
 
 
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