Title

Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Artist: Hermonax.

Caption

Theseus kills the Minotaur (with Ariadne present), Greek Vase painting, 5th Century BC. Hermonax was a Greek vase painter working in the red-figure style. He painted between ca. 470 and 440 BC in Athens. At Argos Museum.

Date

499th century BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B82_373

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,4Mb (1,9Mb) / 14,2in x 14,6in / 4258 x 4386 (300dpi)

Keywords

holding people male man men head country guy weapon weapons museum color colour death Greek Greece war location century sword swords pottery artefact concept killing vase mythology artifact warfare Homeware mythical creature weaponry Ancient Greece Minotaur Greek mythology 20th century Ancient Greek historic CM Dixon 5th century BC 6th century BC Ariadne mythical beast mythical figure red figure TGN Theseus object Dixon CM Arianna CM Dixon Mike Dixon vase painting half man half beast Argos Museum Hermonax CM Dixon object