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GREEK POTTERY GODDESS ARTEMIS & JASON AND SPHINX ARCHAIC VASE (800 - 479 B.C.) HANDMADE HANDPAINTED
Handmade Amphora Archaic Period (800-497 B.C.)
SIDE A the painting of Goddess Artemis
SIDE B the painting of Jason and the Sphinx
height 29 cm (11.42 inches) Diameter 14 cm (5.51 inches)
Smooth surface. FREE STANDARD SHIPPING
Handmade Hand painted Greek Ceramic, Greek pottery. Greek mythology Amphora Archaic Period (800-497 B.C.) height 29 cm (11.42 inches) Diameter 14 cm (5.51 inches) Smooth surface. Only for decoration. FREE STANDARD SHIPPING On SIDE A Goddess Artemis (Άρτεμης ~ a-rte-mis) is hunting. Artemis was one of the main deities of the Greek Dodecanese. Daughter of Zeus and Letus twin sister of Apollo. Artemis was the protector of the animal and plant world, wildlife, hunting goddess, the protector of motherhood of youth of purity of childbirth and infants. Its symbols were the bow, crescent and deer. On SIDE B Jason (Ιάσωνας ~ ia-so-nas) the leader of the Arganaut campaign. He is ready to hear the riddle of the Sphinx. The Sphinx (Σφίγγα ~ sfi-ga) was the mythical creature. Her body from the middle and above was like woman's, the body of a lion from the middle and below. For tail she had a snake. She was stopping the passers-by and she was saying a riddle whoever found him she let him pass, whoever lost the riddle she was killing him.
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Original Cretan products