T14.5 APOLLO, TITYUS & LETO
| Museum Collection | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Munich 2689 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 211566 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Kylix |
| Painter | Attributed to the Penthesilea Painter |
| Date | ca. 455 B.C. |
| Period | Early Classical |
DESCRIPTION
Apollo rescues his mother from the giant Tityus. The god is depicted as a youth with long, uncut hair, crowned with a wreath of laurel. He brandishes a sword in one hand and holds a bow and arrows in the other. The giant cowers before him on bended knee with one hand raised. The goddess Leto raises her veil in a gesture of feminine modesty.
"Tityos once assaulted a mistress of Zeus himself, the far-famed Leto, as she walked towards Pytho through the lovely spaces of Panopeus." - Homer, Odyssey 11.580