Birth of Zeus Terracotta Pelike
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Title
Birth of Zeus Terracotta Pelike See all items with this value
Description
This is a terracotta, red-figure pelike (jar) illustrating the a scene from the story of the Birth of Zeus. Rhea (Zeus' mother and a Titan) is giving a baby Zeus decoy (stone wrapped in cloth) to Cronus (Zeus' father and a Titan) to eat (Cronus ate all of his children so that they would not live to overthrow him). Rhea hid Zeus from Cronos supposedly in the Idaean Cave. See all items with this value
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Artifact
Notes
This vessel's provenance is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It has been attributed to the Nausicaä Painter.
Date photographed
unknown
Citation for images from the web
ca. 450-460. Pottery vessel. Terracotta, complete vessel, jar. Place: the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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