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Terracotta Lekythos Attributed to the Phiale Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Phiale Painter
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 440 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm); diameter 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number:17.230.35
Obverse, Poseidon pursuing Amymone
Poseidon, the brother of Zeus and Hades, was the god of the sea. He also created fresh water springs; and the great springs at Lerna in the southern Peloponnesos gushed forth as a result of his pursuit of Amymone, the daughter of the king of Argos.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250569
Attributed to the Phiale Painter
Period:Classical
Date:ca. 440 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm); diameter 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number:17.230.35
Obverse, Poseidon pursuing Amymone
Poseidon, the brother of Zeus and Hades, was the god of the sea. He also created fresh water springs; and the great springs at Lerna in the southern Peloponnesos gushed forth as a result of his pursuit of Amymone, the daughter of the king of Argos.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250569
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