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Pan Painter Perseus and Medusa

Pan Painter Perseus and Medusa. By Alex Creer. Perseus. Medusa. Athena. What is going on ?.

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Pan Painter Perseus and Medusa

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  1. Pan PainterPerseus and Medusa By Alex Creer

  2. Perseus Medusa Athena

  3. What is going on ? Perseus decapitates the Gorgon Medousa with a sickle sword (harpe). The hero wears the winged cap and boots of Hermes, and has the Gorgoneion (gorgon head) tucked inside the fold of his kibisis (sack). Beside him lies the decapitated corpose of the winged Gorgon. The goddess Athene follows close behind in support of Perseus, easily recognisable with her helm, spear and snake-trimmed aigis cloak.

  4. The vase • Attic red figure • Attic Hydria • 460BC (circa) • British Museum, London, United Kingdom • Excavated/Findspot Capua • Height: 13.5 inches • Alessandro Castellani • 1873

  5. Woodford/witch p108-109 The pan painter carried the slightly artificial charm and elegance of the archaic style on into the early classical period. He decorated the shoulder of a hydria with a ballet-like illustration of Perseus and medusa. Perseus skips off to the left, looking back. The gorgon’s not too terrible head peeps out of the bag he is carrying over his shoulder. Medusa herself, though beheaded, falls with a dancer’s grace, and Athena, her spear over her shoulder, brings up the rear holding up the hem of her skirt with comic daintiness.

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