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P28.3 PERSEUS, ANDROMEDA & THE CETUS

Perseus, Andromeda & Cetus | Apulian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu
Catalogue No. Malibu 84.AE.996
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Amphora, Barrel-bodied
Painter Attributed to the Metope Group
Date ca 325 B.C.
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenic

DESCRIPTION

Perseus rescued Andromeda from the Cetus (Sea-Monster). The crowned Andromeda is chained to the rocks as a sacrificial offering. Her father King Cepheus, wearing a peaked Phrygian cap and holding a sceptre, stands beside her. Below them the hero Perseus, wearing a winged cap and boots, battles the monster with a curved-blade (harpe). The sea-monster is depicted as a dragon-like beast with the coiling tail of a fish. Eros, the winged god of love, is seated on its back.

ARTICLES

Perseus, Ethiopian Cetus, Eros