K10.9 THE DUEL OF PARIS & MENELAUS
Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre G115 |
Beazley Archive No. | 205119 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Signed by Douris |
Date | ca 485 - 480 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Paris and Menelaus duel in a scene from Homer's Iliad. Paris is protected by the goddesses Aphrodite and Artemis.
Side B: Ajax battles Hector (see other image).
Tondo: Eos with body of Memnon (see other image).
This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.