Eros Riding Deer - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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Eros Riding Deer | Attic red figure vase painting

DETAILS

Museum Collection Regional Archaeological Museum Antonio Salinas, Palermo
Catalogue No. Palermo 21887
Beazley Archive No. 220558
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Krater, Calyx
Painter In the Manner of the Pheidias Painter
Date ca 420 B.C.
Period Classical

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Eros, the winged god of love, rides two deer in a scene depicting the love of Aphrodite and the youth Phaon.
Side B: Apollo and the gods of Delos (see other image).

This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.

ARTICLES

Eros

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