O24.9 ZEUS, GANYMEDES & HESTIA
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Tarquinia |
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Catalogue No. | Tarquinia RC6848 |
Beazley Archive No. | 200502 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to Oltos |
Date | - |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Detail of Zeus, Ganymedes and Hestia from a painting depicting the feast of the gods on Olympus. Zeus holds a stylized lightning-bolt in one hand and a drinking cup in the other. He is served by the naked youth Ganymedes holding an oinochoe jug. On the right, Hestia holds a flower in one hand and the branch of a chaste-tree(?) in the other. Other gods in this scene (not shown here) include Athena, Aphrodite, Ares, Hermes and Hebe.
Side B: Dionysus and Maenads (not shown).