Theseus & the Minotaur | Greek vase, Athenian black figure kylix

T34.4 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUROS

Museum Collection: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, USA
Catalogue Number: Toledo 1958.70
Beazley Archive Number: 350734
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Shape: Kylix, lip
Painter: Attributed to the Tleson Painter
Date: ca 550 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Theseus grasps the hairy, bull-headed Minotauros by the horn as he drives his sword through its neck.

ARTICLESMinotauros

 
 
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