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Boreas seizing Oreithyia 

Bronze hydria, said to be from the island Chalke, near Rhodes, 375-350 BC. The relief under the handle shows Boreas seizing Oreithyia, the daughter of Erechtheus, legendary king of Athens.


Caption Bronze hydria with Boreas seizing Oreithyia

Mythic people Oreithyia (heroine) ,Boreas  (Deity)

Type Metal object

Origin Chalke (?), near Rhodes

Current position The metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Index number 53.11.3

Dating 375-350 BC

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Για το αντικείμενο: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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