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T17.2 HELIUS THE SUN

Helius | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe
Catalogue No. Karlsruhe 259
Beazley Archive No. 220515
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Hydria
Painter Name vase of the Painter of the Carlsruhe Paris
Date ca 440 B.C.
Period High Classical

DESCRIPTION

Detail of Helius from a painting depicting the judgement of Paris. The sun-god rises from the river Oceanus at dawn, driving a four-horse chariot crowned with the shining aureole of the sun.

ARTICLES

Helius

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