Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 500 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground, 9 5/8in. (24.5cm), Vases, Perseus flying away with the head of Medusa, while Pegasos springs from her severed neck. Perseus, son of the god Zeus and the human princess, Danae, was given the task of beheading Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, whose faces were so horrible that seeing them turned men to stone
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Terracotta lekythos, oil flask, Archaic, ca, 500 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, black-figure, white-ground, 9 5/8in, 24.5cm, Vases, Perseus flying, away, head, Medusa, Pegasos springs, severed neck, Perseus, son, god Zeus, human princess, Danae, given, task, beheading Medusa, three Gorgons, faces, horrible, seeing, turned men, stone
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