Campanian red-figure situla: the meeting of Paris and Helen

Classification

red-figure pottery ; situla

Culture

Magna Graecian

Dimensions

height: 27.4 cm, diameter: 27 cm

Date

350–340 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Artist

Parrish Painter

Iconography

Paris ; Helena ; Aphrodite ; Eros ; goose ; dog ; horse ; spear ; meander ; wreath ; youth ; athlete ; athletic games ; diadem

Production place

Campania

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1928,0719.3

ID

Per-6688

References

Walters–Forsdyke, in BMQ 3.2 (1928), 44–45, pl. 25a–b; Trendall 1967, 250, no. 148; Kahil: Helene, in LIMC IV (1988), 515–516, no. 74

See the object on the website of the British Museum.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; Preparing for the war

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.