Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth

Greek

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

During the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C., paterae with figural handles were produced in Greece as well as Southern Italy. The cicada-like insect under the youth's feet recalls the myth of Eos, the goddess of dawn, and her Trojan lover, Tithonos, whom the god Zeus made immortal at Eos's behest. Because she forgot to request eternal youth for Tithonos, he grew old and shriveled away until nothing remained but a wizened, chirping cicada.

Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth, Bronze, Greek

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Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth, Bronze, Greek
Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth, Bronze, Greek
Bronze handle of a patera (shallow basin) in the form of a youth, Bronze, Greek

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