Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Birth of Erichthonios
c. 420–410 BCE
Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); Diameter of mouth: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); Overall: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.); Diameter of foot: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1982.142
The central group on this vase shows the seated earth goddess Ge (also known as Gaia) handing her baby, Erichthonios, to Athena. Conceived from the seed of Hephaistos, Erichthonios would go on to become a king of Athens, and the story of his birth became popular in Athenian ar...
Artifact
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150718
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en
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wikidata
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"Q60762198"
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source
import
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accession
1982.142
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Terms
Culture
Greek, Attic
Technique
ceramic, with gilding
Medium
ceramic, with gilding
Genre
Ceramic
Department
Greek and Roman Art
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