Calyx Krater with the Death of Aktaion – (Dinos Painter) ◄ Anterior Următor ►

Artist: Dinos Painter

mărimea: 49 x 47 cm

muzeu: Michael C. Carlos Museum (Atlanta, United States)

Tehnică: Ceramic

Aktaion boasted that he was a better hunter than the goddess of the hunt herself, Artemis. Furious, she turned him into a stag, whereupon his hunting dogs devoured him. Aktaion occupies center stage. Nude and beardless, expressive of heroism, vulnerability, and youth, he wears only a pair of hunting boots, a mantle pinned at the shoulder, and a sun hat (petasos). His hair is wreathed. He defends himself with a hunter