Eos the Dawn chasing Tithonus | Greek vase, Athenian red figure amphora

T19.4 EOS & TITHONOS

Museum Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Catalogue No.: Cambridge GR 22.1937
Beazley Archive No.: 206466
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Amphora, Neck
Painter: Attributed to the Pig Painter
Date: ca 500 - 450 BC
Period: --

SUMMARY

Eos, the winged goddess of the dawn, pursues the handsome young Trojan prince Tithonos. She has grabbed his lyre. The youth holds a plant frond.

ARTICLESEos

 
 
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