Terracotta pelike (jar)

Attributed to the Dechter Painter

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 161

Obverse, Eros, Amymone, and Poseidon. Reverse, woman and two youths

Amymone was rescued from a satyr by Poseidon, god of the sea, who took her for himself. Striking the ground with his trident, he produced a spring that bore Amymone's name. The protagonists are assembled here, together with a rare representation of a feline.

Terracotta pelike (jar), Attributed to the Dechter Painter, Terracotta, Greek, South Italian, Apulian

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