Winged Artemis lekythos 560-550 BCE
"On what account Artemis has wings on her shoulders I do not know; in her right hand she grips a leopard, in her left a lion."
-Pausanias' descriptions of Greece 5.19.5
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| Winged Artemis, mistress of wild beasts, roaring lions, surrounded by two men armed with spears, black-figure lekythos, ceramic, made by the painter of Amasis, circa 560-550 BCE, from Athens, 14.4 cm x 8.4 cm, Louvre Museum. |
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