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T19.10 THE DUEL OF ACHILLES & MEMNON

Achilles & Memnon | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 97.368
Beazley Archive No. 202631
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter Name vase of the Tyszkiewicz Painter
Date ca 490 - 480 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Diomedes battles Aeneas (see other image).
Side B: Achilles battles the Ethiopian prince Memnon over the body of the fallen Greek warrior Melanippus. The heroes are each supported by a goddess-- Achilles by Athena and Memnon by his mother, Eos the Dawn. Athena wears a crested helm and snake-trimmed aegis cloak, and holds a spear. Eos wears a tiara-crown. Memnon's shield and Athena's aegis are both decorated with Gorgoneions (Gorgon-heads).

This a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.

ARTICLES

Athena, Eos

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Diomedes & Aeneas

K10.18 Diomedes