Winged Eos carrying off Cephalus. Relief on the back side of mirror.
Bronze.
Second quarter of the 5th cent. BCE. Inv. No. 12241.Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan MuseumPhoto by Sergey Sosnovskiy

Winged Eos carrying off Cephalus. Relief on the back side of mirror.

Bronze.
Second quarter of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 12241.

Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum
(Roma, Musei Vaticani, Museo gregoriano etrusco).

Vulci.
Origin:
From Vulci, excavations of the Prince of Canino, 1840.
Credits:
(сс) 2016. Photo: Sergey Sosnovskiy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Text: museum label.
THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART
Keywords: ελληνική μυθολογία mythologia graeca greek mythology mitologia greca griechische mythologie grecque ετρουρία ετρουσκική etruria etruscan etrusco etruskisch etruskische etruskischer etruskischen étrusque ἠώς ηώς έως αύως dea eos goddess of the dawn divinità eo göttin der morgenröte déesse éos κέφαλος cephalus kephalos athens cefalo céphalos καθρέφτης mirror mirrors specchio specchi spiegel miroir miroirs bronze bronzo ορείχαλκος winged alata geflügelte ailée alatus φτερωτό φτερωτή ivy leaves foglie di edera efeu efeublätter feuilles de lierre hedera κισσός φύλλα κισσού halo nimbo heiligenschein nimbe nimbus άλως branch ramo ast zweig branche rameau from viterbo vulci feather feathers piuma piume penna penne feder federn rohfedern plume plumes bearing carrying off in her arms halo aureole aureola inv no 12241
History of Ancient Rome