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P23.5 GORGONS

Gorgons | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection -
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Beazley Archive No. -
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter -
Date -
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

A pair of Gorgons dismember a deer with their bare hands. The creatures are depicted as winged women with muscular bodies and a broad face with wide, staring eyes, a large mouth, protruding tongue, and bearded chin. Only one face is depicted as the head of the second Gorgon is ostensibly hidden behind the first.

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Gorgons