T21.3 PROMETHEUS OR ZEUS
Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre E668 |
Beazley Archive No. | N/A |
Ware | Laconian Black Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Naukratis Painter |
Date | ca 560 - 550 B.C. |
Period | High Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
A seated man faces a flying eagle. The painting depicts either the bound Titan Prometheus tormented by the Caucasian eagle or Zeus seated on a throne with his eagle familiar.