Red-figure Squat Lekythos (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title)
attributed to, Felton Painter (Artist)
“Eros, who is the most beautiful of the deathless gods, loosens the limbs and overpowers reason and good counsel in the hearts of all gods and men.” – Hesiod, Theogony
In this idyllic scene, Eros, the mischievous god of desire, flies toward a woman seated amid plants in a garden. A youth and young woman holding a parasol attend the woman. While the goddess Aphrodite presided over female beauty, Eros, her son according to most sources, was associated with both male and female beauty.
Gift of the Lipman Foundation
“Kunst der Antike, Schaetze aus Norddeutschen Privatbesitz,” Hamburg 1977.—unable to verify
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC
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