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O28.3 TRIPTOLEMUS

Triptolemus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford
Catalogue No. Mississippi 1977.3.86
Beazley Archive No. 201905
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Amphora, Neck
Painter Attributed to the Berlin Painter
Date ca 470 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Triptolemus, seated in a winged chariot, departs on his quest to teach mankind agriculture. The hero holds a sceptre in his hand.
Side B: Demeter, Persephone or Hecate (see other image).

ARTICLES

Triptolemus

OTHER IMAGES

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T16.4 Hecate