T19.12 THE PROCESSION OF THE DAY
Museum Collection: Staatliche Antiksammulungen, Munich, Germany
Catalogue Number: TBA
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Apulian Red Figure
Shape: Krater
Painter: --
Date: C4th BC
Period: Late Classical
SUMMARY
Eosphoros, god of the morning star, Venus, leads the procession of the day: the chariots of Eos, the dawn, and Helios the sun. Eosphoros is depicted as a handsome young winged god with a shining aureole upon his head. Helios and Eos likewise appear as aureole crowned youths, each driving a four horse chariot (quadriga). Beneath the chariot wheels are dancing fish and dolphins, to indicate their dawn rising from the sea.
ARTICLES Eosphoros, Eos, Helios
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