Return of Persephone - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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K14.7 THE RETURN OF PERSEPHONE

Return of Persephone | Apulian red figure vase painting

DETAILS

Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London F277
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Apulian Red Figure
Shape Krater
Painter -
Date ca 350 B.C.
Period Late Classical / Early Hellenistic

DESCRIPTION

Hades driving a quadriga chariot returns Persephone to the upper world in the company of Hermes and Hecate. The gods are identified by their attributes--Hades bears a bird-tipped staff, Hecate a four-headed Eleusinian torch and aureole, and Hermes a herald's wand, winged boots and petasos cap.

ARTICLES

Persephone, Hades, Hermes, Hecate