Circe & Odysseus - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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T35.10 CIRCE & ODYSSEUS

Circe & Odysseus | Pseudo-Chalcidian back figure vase painting

DETAILS

Private Collection Antiquarium del Castello dell'Abbadia, Vulci
Catalogue No. N/A
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Pseudo-Chalcidian Black Figure
Shape -
Painter -
Date ca 520 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

The naked witch Circe faces Odysseus who draws his sword to compel her to restore his men to human form. Two of these stand to either side--one is depicted as a boar with the face of man and the other as a man with the head and forelegs of a boar.

ARTICLES

Circe