Aphrodite Erostasia - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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Aphrodite Erostasia | Apulian red figure vase painting

DETAILS

Museum Collection British Museum, London
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.

ARTICLES

Aphrodite, Erotes, Eros, Anteros