Vase detail: Birth of Athena

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Title Vase detail: Birth of Athena
Creator Painted by Phrynos
Creator Nationality Greek
Style Period Ancient Greece: Early Archaic; Antiquity
Description Birth of Athena: Zeus (left) sits on his throne holding a thunderbolt as Athena (center top), brandishing a shield, emerges from his head. Hephaestus (right) moves away, having split Zeus' skull with his axe. Attic Black Figure, Kylix, Little Master Lip
Subject Ceramics
Creation Date 560 - 550 BCE
Form object
Medium painted ceramic
Repository British Museum, London
Classes ARTH 2500 Introduction to Art History - Representing the Past, Shaping the Present - Antiquity (SH)
Work ID 26825
Rights Public Domain
ARK ark:/87278/s6440zxk
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 2101985
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6440zxk
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