Sacred Athena

The birth of Erichthonios

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Birth of Erichthonios, c. 420–410 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.142.

Red-Figure Squat Lekythos (Oil Vessel): Birth of Erichthonios, c. 420–410 BCE. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.142.

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