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P12.3 NEREIDS & NEREUS

Nereids & Nereus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 2648
Beazley Archive No. 205230
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to Douris
Date ca 490 - 470 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Peleus wrestles the Nereid Thetis (see other image).
Side B: Five Nereids flee to their father Nereus. One of them grasps him by the hair, reporting the plight of their sister Thetis.
Tondo: Heracles and Athena (see other image).

This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Nereids, Nereus, Thetis

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Heracles & Athena

K8.2 Heracles

Thumbnail Peleus & Thetis

P12.3B Thetis