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K9.5 ARES & THE GIANT MIMON

Ares & Mimon | 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 Ares battling the giant Mimon from a painting of the Gigantomachia (War of the Giants).

The god Ares spears the giant Mimon. Both are depicted as naked warriors equipped with crested helms and serpent-emblazoned shields. The god wields a spear and the fallen, beardless giant a sword.

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