P12.3 NEREIDS & NEREUS
Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
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Catalogue No. | Munich 2648 |
Beazley Archive No. | 205230 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to Douris |
Date | ca 490 - 470 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Peleus wrestles the Nereid Thetis (see other image).
Side B: Five Nereids flee to their father Nereus. One of them grasps him by the hair, reporting the plight of their sister Thetis.
Tondo: Heracles and Athena (see other image).
This image is a montage of several photos of the vase.