Odysseus & Polyphemus - Ancient Greek Vase Painting (original) (raw)

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Odysseus & Polyphemus | Pseudo-Chalcidic black figure vase painting

DETAILS

Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. -
Beazley Archive No. N/A
Ware Pseudo-Chalcidic Black Figure
Shape Amphora
Painter -
Date ca 530 - 510 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Odysseus and his men drive a stake into the eye of the Cyclops Polyphemus. The giant is depicted as a large, hairy man with an orb-shaped eye.

ARTICLES

Polyphemus