File:Helen Menelaus Louvre G424.jpg

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Summary

Artist

English: Menelaus Painter (name vase)

Français : Peintre de Ménélas (vase éponyme)

Description

English: Menelaus intends to strike Helen; struck by her beauty, he drops his swords. A flying Eros and Aphrodite (on the left) watch the scene. Detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. 450–440 BC, found in Gnathia (now Egnazia, Italy).

Français : Ménélas a l'intention de tuer Hélène mais, frappé par sa beauté, il lâche son épée. Un Éros volant et Aphrodite, à gauche d'Hélène, regardent la scène. Détail d'un cratère attique à figures rouges, 450-440 av. J.-C., découvert à Gnathia (actuelle Egnazia, Italie).

Dimensions

Diam. 30.2 cm (11 ¾ in.)

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sully wing, Campana Gallery

Accession number

G 424

Credit line

Campana Collection, 1861

References

Beazley, ARV2 1077,5; Add2 326

Source/Photographer

Jastrow (2006)

Licensing

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File usage

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Helen of Troy

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