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T34.8 THESEUS & THE MINOTAUR

Theseus & Minotaur | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1917,0726.3
Beazley Archive No. 218010
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to the Meleager Painter
Date ca. 400 - 380 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Theseus grabs the bull-headed Minotaur by the horn as he prepares to slay it with a club or bone. The comical appearance of the beast may be intentional.

ARTICLES

Minotaur