Theseus killing the Minotaur | Greek vase, Boeotian black figure skyphos

 

T34.11 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUROS

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre MNC675
Beazley Archive Number: N/A
Ware: Boeotian Black Figure
Shape: Skyphos
Painter: --
Date: ca 550 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Theseus grabs the Minotauros by the hand with one hand and pierces its breast with his sword in the other. The sacrificial youths and maiden stand on one side, and Ariadne on the other.

ARTICLESMinotauros

 
 
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