Perseus
| On this red figure hydria (water pot) by the Danae painter, (ca. 450-440 B.C.), Danae and her son, Perseus, are about to be enclosed in the chest and put in the water. Two females stand nearest the chest, with King Acrisius behind them. |  |
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This red figure pelike by the vase-painter, Polygnotus, (ca. 450-440 B.C.)
shows Perseus about to kill the sleeping Medusa, with the goddess Athena
standing behind him. This is the first known vase to show Medusa with
the face of a beautiful woman rather than a monster.
Click HERE for a detail of this scene . |
Click here for 2 more
images for the Perseus
myth.
and here for Danae's page.
