K14.8 THE PUNISHMENT OF SISYPHUS
Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich J728 |
Beazley Archive No. | 30240 |
Ware | Attic Black Figure |
Shape | Amphora, Neck |
Painter | Attributed to the Acheloos Painter |
Date | - |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
The criminal Sisyphus is condemned to push a rock up a hill in the land of the dead. The gods Hades and Persephone sit on either side of him, the first holding sheafs of wheat and the other a royal sceptre.