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Date : approx. between 370 and 350 B.C.
Material : Terra cotta
Acquisition : Rogers Fund (1906)
| Poseidon and Anymone
Item 54 on 81
Greek Antiquities
Vitrine : V01
Area related
Attique (Greece)
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Danaos, a mystical king, had fifty daughters whom he sent out to find water during a great drought. One of them, Amymone, was accosted by a satyr but rescued by the sea god, Poseidon, who sought her favors for himself. In return, he struck the earth with his trident and created a spring. The vase shows Poseidon and Amymone seated either side of Eros, the god of love, and a waterbird.
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