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Red-figured cup, Greek, made in Athens, 440-430 BCE. The decoration is dedicated entirely to the deeds of the Athenian hero Theseus. In the tondo he drags the dead or dying Minotaur from the Labyrinth of Knossos, its maze of passages suggested by the meander squares. Around this Theseus is shown attacings Kerkyon, Procrustes, Skiron, the Bull of Marathon, Sinis and the Krommyonian Sow. GR 1850.3-2.3.
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Caption: Red-figured cup, Greek, made in Athens, 440-430 BCE. The decoration is dedicated entirely to the deeds of the Athenian hero Theseus. In the tondo he drags the dead or dying Minotaur from the Labyrinth of Knossos, its maze of passages suggested by the meander squares. Around this Theseus is shown attacings Kerkyon, Procrustes, Skiron, the Bull of Marathon, Sinis and the Krommyonian Sow. GR 1850.3-2.3
Personalities: THESEUS
Classification: VESSEL ~ GREEK ~ 5TH BCE
Location: British Museum, London, Great Britain
Credit: Erich Lessing / Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 4100 × 3434 px | 40.3 MB
Print size: 34.7 × 29.1 cm | 1614.2 × 1352.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 5TH BCE • 5TH CENTURY B. C. • 5TH CENTURY BCE • 5TH-CENTURY BC • BOWL • BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN • CONTAINER • CRYSTAL • CUP • EWER, VESSEL • FIFTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTH CENTURY BC • GIANT (MALE) • GIANT • GLASS • GLASSE • GLASSWARE • GOBLET • GRECO • GREEK MYTH • GREEK MYTH: PROCRUSTES • GREEK VASE • GREEK • GREEKS • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • LABERINTO • LABYRINTH • MAZE • MINOAN MONSTER MINOTAUR • MINOTAUR • PROCRUSTES • RED FIGURE • RED FIGURES • RED-FIGURE • RED-FIGURED VASE • RED-FIGURED • RED-FIGURES • ROBBER PROCRUSTES • THESEUS • VESSEL VASE • VESSEL • VESSEL: CUP • VESSEL: EWER
