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Persephone and Hades 

Attic red-figured lekythos from Eretria with Persephone and Hades, 475-425 BC

On this lekythos, Persephone and Hades are depicted, on the left and on the right respectively. Persephone wears a long chiton, a himation, and a diadem on her head. She holds a lighted torch in her right hand. Hades is depicted as an old man. He also wears a long chiton and a himation, has a diadem on his head, and holds a stick in his right hand.


Caption Attic red-figured lekythos with Persephone and Hades

Mythic people Hades (Deity) ,Persephone (Goddess)

Type Clay object

Artist/Creator Attic workshop

Origin Eretria, Euboea

Current position National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Index number A 1301

Dating 475-425 BC

LIMC Url

Notes

BAPD 19896, ATHENS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, CC1372

Arachne | Attisch rotfigurige Lekythos

 

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