Title

Apollo offering a libation to the raven, kylix, 5th century BC.

Caption

Attic White Ground kylix of the early 5th century BC. Showing Apollo sitting on a stool performing a libation whilst holding a lyre. A raven looks on. This scene posibly could allude to the myth of King Phlegyas's daughter Koronida (from the Greek korone, raven), who was in love with Apollo, although some scholars believe it is simply a bird with prophetic powers. From the Archaeological Museum of Delphi.

Date

400th century BC

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B82_457

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51,8Mb (2,3Mb) / 14,4in x 14,0in / 4314 x 4200 (300dpi)

Keywords

SIDE VIEW female women woman people music religious sitting arts bird birds country religion cup museum color colour profile raven Greek Apollo Greece deity God location century musical instrument pottery lady artefact concept vase artifact seated goddess Homeware prophecy prophetic Lyre Ancient Greece 20th century Ancient Greek libation Corvus corax historic CM Dixon 5th century BC kylix red figure TGN passerine object Dixon CM CM Dixon Mike Dixon vase painting Archaeological Museum of Delphi CM Dixon object