N10.3 POENA
Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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Catalogue No. | Boston 03.804 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Resembles the Varrese Painter |
Date | ca 340 B.C. |
Period | Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Poena, retaliation personified, from a painting depicting Achilles' slaying of the loud-mouthed soldier Thersites. Poena is depicted as a winged huntress wearing a knee-length maiden's dress and boots. Her hair is wreathed in serpents and she holds a sword, scabbard and pair of hunting spears.