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Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, Athena assisting

Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, Athena assisting

Polygnotos

Terracotta pelike (jar), ca. 450–440 B.C.

Greek, Attic, Classical

Terracotta; H. 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm) diameter 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1945 (45.11.1)

 

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Uploaded on April 8, 2016