Aphrodite Erostasia - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)
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DETAILS
Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
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Catalogue No. | London F220 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | - |
Painter | - |
Date | ca 350 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical / Early Hellenistic |
DESCRIPTION
The goddess Aphrodite stands before a man weighing a pair of Erotes (winged love-gods) on the scales of fate. One of these is Eros (Love proferred) and the other Anteros (Love returned). The weighing of the loves is termed erostasia or eratostasia.