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M29.1 PHRIXUS, HELLE & THE GOLDEN RAM

Phrixus, Helle & Golden Ram | Lucanian red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge
Catalogue No. Harvard 1960.367
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Lucanian Red Figure
Shape Nestoris
Painter Attributed to the Choephoroi Painter
Date ca 350 - 340 B.C.
Period Late Classical

DESCRIPTION

Side A1: The children Phrixus and Helle are rescued by the golden-fleeced ram Chrysomallus as they are about to be sacrificed to the gods by their father Athamas. Alternatively, the painting might depict Phrixus sacrificing the golden-fleeced ram at Colchis accompanied by King Aeetes and his daughter Chalciope, the hero's bride.
Side A2: The death of Actaeon (see other image).
Side B: Orestes and the Erinyes (see other image).

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

ARTICLES

Chrysomallus, Helle

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Actaeon

K6.7 Actaeon

Thumbnail Gargathie

O19.1 Gargathie

Thumbnail Orestes & Erinyes

T40.2 Orestes