K9.4 ARES & ATHENA
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Florence |
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Catalogue No. | Florence 4209 |
Beazley Archive No. | 300000 |
Ware | Attic Black Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Signed by Kleitias |
Date | ca 570 - 560 B.C. |
Period | High Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Ares and Athena from a painting depicting the return of Hephaestus to Olympus. Ares sits dejected for Hephaestus has returned to claim Aphrodite for his bride. The figures are both labelled with their names.