Gilt silver kylix

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153

The hero Bellerophon rides Pegasos, the winged horse, as he battles the Chimaera, a mythical creature with the heads of a lion and goat and a tail in the form of a snake. According to legend, Bellerophon and Pegasos both hailed from the region around Corinth, and the myth of their battle with the Chimaera first appears in Greek art on Corinthian painted pottery of the eighth century B.C.

Gilt silver kylix, Silver-gilt, Greek

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Gilt silver kylix, Silver-gilt, Greek
Gilt silver kylix, Silver-gilt, Greek

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