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Zeus launching his thunderbolt [480-470 BC]
London BM MN 1867,0508,1114 -
Zeus launching his thunderbolt [480-470 BC]
Neck amphora from Nola, Campania: Naples
(a) Zeus striding to right hurling thunderbolt; in left he holds his sceptre across his body; he is bearded and has long hair floating back on his right arm, one lock falling on chest. He wears a long sleeved chiton and himation, leaving right shoulder free, and a fillet. The sceptre has a pointed butt and lotus top. The thunderbolt is in the form of two lotos buds united by a narrow bar.
Source: British Museum
Zeus launching his thunderbolt [480-470 BC]
London BM MN 1867,0508,1114 -
Zeus launching his thunderbolt [480-470 BC]
Neck amphora from Nola, Campania: Naples
(a) Zeus striding to right hurling thunderbolt; in left he holds his sceptre across his body; he is bearded and has long hair floating back on his right arm, one lock falling on chest. He wears a long sleeved chiton and himation, leaving right shoulder free, and a fillet. The sceptre has a pointed butt and lotus top. The thunderbolt is in the form of two lotos buds united by a narrow bar.
Source: British Museum