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O26.1 AEGINA & ZEUS

Aegina & Zeus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Catalogue No. Boston 95.36
Beazley Archive No. 204081
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kantharos
Painter Attributed to the Brygos Painter
Date ca 480 - 470 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Zeus pursues the nymph Aegina. The god holds a royal sceptre in his hand. Behind him stands an altar.
Side B: Zeus pursues Ganymedes (see other image).

ARTICLES

Aegina, Zeus

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Zeus & Ganymedes

O24.8 Ganymedes