Athena gives a shield & a sickle-shaped dagger (or sword, Harpe) to Perseus
red-figured situla (bucket) from Puglia [370 BC]
London BM MN 1836,0224.85
Side (a) Perseus receiving the harpe (sickle sword) from Athene: On the left is Athene to right, with long hair, high-crested helmet with plume on each side, long girt bordered chiton and diploidion reaching to the hips, earrings, necklace, and bracelets, left hand resting on a shield with rosette as device; in right she holds out the harpe to Perseus, who sits on a rock facing her. He is beardless, with bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, talaria, and two spears with amenta in right hand; his helmet (the κυνή "Αδου) is shaped like a Phrygian cap, studded with stars, with egg-pattern on the crest, and wings. Behind Athene is a spear stuck in the ground; in the field, two rosettes.
Athena gives a shield & a sickle-shaped dagger (or sword, Harpe) to Perseus
red-figured situla (bucket) from Puglia [370 BC]
London BM MN 1836,0224.85
Side (a) Perseus receiving the harpe (sickle sword) from Athene: On the left is Athene to right, with long hair, high-crested helmet with plume on each side, long girt bordered chiton and diploidion reaching to the hips, earrings, necklace, and bracelets, left hand resting on a shield with rosette as device; in right she holds out the harpe to Perseus, who sits on a rock facing her. He is beardless, with bordered chlamys fastened with a fibula in front, talaria, and two spears with amenta in right hand; his helmet (the κυνή "Αδου) is shaped like a Phrygian cap, studded with stars, with egg-pattern on the crest, and wings. Behind Athene is a spear stuck in the ground; in the field, two rosettes.