Eos chasing Tithonus | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

T19.6 EOS & TITHONOS

Museum Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Catalogue Number: Boston 95.28
Beazley Archive Number: 205036
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to the Telephos Painter
Date: ca 470 - 460 BC
Period: Early Classical

SUMMARY

Eos, the winged goddess of the dawn, seizes the handsome young Trojan prince Tithonos, carrying him off to be her consort.

ARTICLESEos

 
 
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