N16.2 NEMESIS & THE DIOSCURI
Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich 3297 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Apulian Red Figure |
Shape | Krater, Volute |
Painter | Name vase of the Underworld Painter |
Date | ca. 330 - 310 B.C. |
Period | Late Classical / Early Hellenistic |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Nemesis and the Dioscuri from a painting depicting Heracles' journey to the underworld.
Nemesis, goddess of retribution, holds a sword in one hand and scabbard in the other. The twins wear traveller's caps, hold knotted staves and are accompanied by a star--probably representing St Elmo's fire.
This is a drawing of the vase rather than a photograph.