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T21.3 PROMETHEUS OR ZEUS

Prometheus or Zeus | Laconian black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Musée du Louvre, Paris
Catalogue No. Louvre E668
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Laconian Black Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to the Naukratis Painter
Date ca 560 - 550 B.C.
Period High Archaic

DESCRIPTION

A seated man faces a flying eagle. The painting depicts either the bound Titan Prometheus tormented by the Caucasian eagle or Zeus seated on a throne with his eagle familiar.

ARTICLES

Prometheus, Caucasian Eagle, Zeus