L11.1 HERMES & ARGUS PANOPTES
Museum Collection | Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg |
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Catalogue No. | Hamburg 1966.34 |
Beazley Archive No. | 352495 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Amphora, Neck |
Painter | Attributed to the Eucharides Painter |
Date | ca 490 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Hermes slays the eye-covered man Argus Panoptes with his sword. To the right stands the heifer-shaped maiden Io.
Side B: The death of Actaeon (not shown).