Athenian red-figure hydria: Menelaos and Helena

Classification

red-figure pottery ; hydria

Culture

Greek (culture)

Dimensions

height: 54.5 cm; width: 36.5 cm

Date

ca. 480 B.C.

Period

Classical Period (480–323)

Material

clay

Artist

Syriskos Painter

Iconography

Menelaos ; Helena ; sword ; helmet ; breastplate ; couch (kline); banquet scene, symposium ; basket ; skyphos, cotyle ; kylix ; cushion ; male figure ; kottabos

Inscription

Greek (language)

Production place

Athens

Findspot

Vulci

Present location

London, British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome

Inventory

1843,1103.86

ID

Per-6716

References

Walters–Forsdyke, CVA Great Britain 7, III.I.c. 11, no. E 161, pls. 71.1, 72.3

See the hydria on the website of the British Museum and the Beazley Archive.

Trails

THE TROJAN EPIC CYCLE ; The fall of Troy

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.