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K5.8 APOLLO & THE GIANT EPHIALTES

Apollo & Giant Ephialtes | Attic red figure vase painting

DETAILS
Museum Collection	Antikensammlung Berlin
Catalogue No.	Berlin F2531
Beazley Archive No.	220533
Ware	Attic Red Figure
Shape	Kylix
Painter	Signed by Aristophanes
Date	ca. 410 - 400 B.C.
Period	Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Apollo battling the giant Ephialtes from a painting of the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants).

The youthful god Apollo brandishes a sword in one hand and holds a bow in the other. The giant, identified as Ephialtes in literature, is equipped with a spear, crested helm and shield.

This image is a montage of two photos of the vase.