T15.1 ASTERIA
| Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Boston 03.821 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 215718 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Amphora, Neck |
| Painter | Attributed to the Kadmos Painter |
| Date | ca. 400 B.C. |
| Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of the goddess Asteria from a painting depicting a company of goddesses.
Asteria is seated on a rock beside a tree with a lyre and wreath of laurel at her side. These are perhaps her attributes as the personification of the island of Delos and nurse of the god Apollo.
ARTICLES
OTHER IMAGES
K32.4 Hippodame
