File:Krater Aktaion Louvre CA3482 n2.jpg

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English: Painter of the Woolly Satyrs
Français : Peintre des Satyres Laineux
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English: Actaeon's death. Artemis drives a chariot drawn by a team of deer. To the right a man reports Actaeon's death to his parents Aristaeus and Autonoe. The scene is probably based on Aeschylus' lost play The Toxitides, which dealt with the story of Actaeon. Side A from an Attic red-figure volute crater, ca. 450–440 BC.
Français : Mort d'Actéon. Artémis conduit un char tiré par deux cerfs. À droite, un homme rapporte la mort d'Actéon à ses parents Aristée et Autonoé. La scène est probablement inspirée par la tragédie perdue d'Eschyle Les Toxitides, qui traitait d'Actéon. Face A d'un cratère à volutes attique à figures rouges, v. 450-440 av. J.-C.
Dimensions H. 51 cm (20 in.), Diam. 33.1 cm (13 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities in the Louvre, Sully, first floor, room 43
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CA 3482
Credit line Purchase, 1957
Source/Photographer User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-05-09
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