Paintings - Birth of Erichthonius by Codrus Painter

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Birth of Erichthonius 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. Euergides Painter (500 BCE) Richmond, Virginia Museum 81.70 (Click the image for a full screen view)

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