Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Artist/Maker

English: Wind Group

Français : « Wind Group »

Description

English: Aegisthus murdered by Orestes and Pylades. Red-figure Apulian oinochoe (wine jug), ca. 430-300 BC.

Français : Meurtre d'Égisthe par Oreste et Pylade. Œnochoé (jarre à vin) à figures rouges d'Apulie, v. 430-400 av. J.-C.

Dimensions Diam. 17.4 cm (6 ¾ in.)

Credit line Collection of Antoine-Edme Durand, 1825

Accession number K 320

Location Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully, 1st floor, room 39, case 7

Photographer/source Marie-Lan Nguyen (User:Jastrow), own work, 2008-06-07

Murder of Aegisthus, Louvre K320


Mythology Images


All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License