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P23.19B PERSEUS & ATHENA

Perseus & Athena | Boeotian black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 01.8070
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Boeotian Black Figure
Shape -
Painter Bowl, Three-Handled
Date Late C5th B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Perseus flees after beheading the Gorgon Medusa. The hero is nude and holds a sickle-blade (harpe) in one hand and the kibisis-bag containing the Gorgon's head in the other. The figure is doubled on the vase to represent his speedy flight. On the right, the hero's patron-goddess Athena stands with arms outstetched. She wears a helm and snake-trimmed aegis cloak, and a shield rests at her feet.

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

ARTICLES

Perseus, Athena

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Medusa, Gorgons & Poseidon

P23.19 Medusa