K21.1 EUDAIMONIA, HARMONIA & PAIDIA
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Florence |
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Catalogue No. | Florence 81948 |
Beazley Archive No. | 220493 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Hydria |
Painter | Attributed to Meidias Painter |
Date | ca 450 - 400 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of three of the younger Charites (Graces)--Eudaimonia (Happiness), Harmonia (Harmony) and Paidia (Play)--from a painting depicting the retinue of the goddess Aphrodite. Other figures in the scene (not shown) include the Erotes (Loves), Eurynoe, Pannychis (Night Festivity), Chrysothemis (Golden Custom), Hygeia (Health), and Pandaisia (Festivity).