Apollo & Python - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)
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K5.12 APOLLO & PYTHON
DETAILS
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre Ca1915 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 352170 |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure (White Ground) |
| Shape | Lekythos |
| Painter | Attributed to the Beldam Class |
| Date | ca 470 B.C. |
| Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Apollo seated on the omphalos stone of Delphi beside the Delphic tripod fires arrows at the monstrous serpent Python, guardian of the shrine. The beast is depicted with a woman's head and breast matching the poet Hesiod's description of the monster Echidna.