Black figured Spartan Kylix

Exact museum reproduction of a fine ancient Greek black figured Spartan Kylix.

An exceptional pottery piece attributed to the Boreads painter, this Laconian kylix features Bellerophont fighting the Chimaera.

The Greek hero Bellerophont battles the monstrous Chimaera, a fire-breathing creature that combines elements of a lion, a snake, and a goat. In most depictions of this myth, a favorite among Greek artists in the 600s and early 500s B.C., Bellerophon rides Pegasos, his winged horse, but here he has dismounted, still holding the reins. While Pegasos strikes at the Chimaera with his hooves, Bellerophon spears the monster from underneath.

565 BC. Getty Villa Museum, California.

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