centuriespast: Garden of the Hesperides calyx-krater Attica, 400BC-380BC The British Museum

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Garden of the Hesperides

calyx-krater

Attica, 400BC-380BC

The British Museum

  1. Date Posted Icon 2nd February 2012
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Detail of the three Hesperides, the tree of the Golden Apples and the coiling Drakon. The larger scene depicts the arrival of Medea and the Argonauts in the garden, on their return to Greece from Kolkhis. Attic Red Figure, ca 420 - 410 BC, British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Detail of the three Hesperides, the tree of the Golden Apples and the coiling Drakon. The larger scene depicts the arrival of Medea and the Argonauts in the garden, on their return to Greece from Kolkhis.

Attic Red Figure, ca 420 - 410 BC, British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

  1. Date Posted Icon 17th January 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 45
    3. Tags Icon #Hesperides#Medea#Drakon#hydria#Greek