Birth of Erichthonius by Euergides Painter

Birth of Erichthonius by Euergides Painter

Birth of Erichthonius
Euergides Painter, 500 BCE. Virginia Museum 81.70, Richmond.

Athena receives the infant Erichthonius from Gaea (Earth) while Hephaestus and Hermes look on from the left; Nike, Aphrodite and Zeus, from right.
An owl with a laurel wreath hovers above Athena.

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