![]() Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). ![]() Œdipe, la Sphinx et les thébains: essai de mythologie iconographique, Bibliotheca Helvetica Romana 23, 2 vols. Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters. Attic Red-Figured Vases: A Survey, Revised Edition, 2nd edn. 80h, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. "Perseus and Medusa on an Attic Vase." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4(5): pp. To experts illuminate this artwork's story It is most often associated with Polygnotos of Thasos who painted large-scale wall paintings in Athens and Delphi that are described in ancient literary sources. Polygnotos was a rather current name in classical Athens. ![]() Compared with the movement and detail on the obverse, the reverse shows a grand and quiet scene of a king-who is not otherwise known-between two women holding the standard offering utensils. Another important feature here, although not longer readily visible, is that rays surround the hero's head, indicating special stature or power. The rendering here is unusual, however, because it is one of the earliest in which Medusa's face is that of a beautiful young woman. Perseus looks unwaveringly at his protectress, Athena as he is about to behead the sleeping Medusa. By the mid-fifth century B.C., the story and the motif of the Gorgon's head had become popular in Attic art. Perseus accomplished his mission with the help of Athena, Hermes and the Nymphs, and returned to the island of Seriphos whence he had set out. Obverse, Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa Reverse, King Polypeithes between two women King Polydektes sent Perseus to obtain the head of the Gorgon Medusa, a monstrous, snaky-haired, winged creature with glaring eyes whose gaze turned beholders to stone.
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