Terracotta pelike (jar), Classical, ca. 450–440 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 18 13/16 in. (47.8 cm), Vases, Obverse, Perseus beheading the sleeping Medusa, Reverse, King Polypeithes between two women. Perseus was sent to obtain the head of Medusa the Gorgon so as to forestall the prophecy that he would kill his grandfather
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Terracotta pelike, jar, Classical, ca, 450–440 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 18 13/16, 47.8 cm, Vases, Obverse, Perseus beheading, sleeping Medusa, Reverse, King Polypeithes, two women, Perseus, obtain, head, Medusa, Gorgon, forestall, prophecy, kill, grandfather
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