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T40.3 ORESTES & THE ERINYES

Orestes & Erinyes | Lucanian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Lucanian Red Figure
Shape Nestoris
Painter -
Date ca 380 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Orestes is tormented by the avenging Erinyes (Furies) of his mother Clytemnestra for the crime of matricide. The goddesses arms are entwined with large serpents.

ARTICLES

Erinyes