Daedalus calyx krater fragment | Dickinson College Commentaries

Roughly triangular fragment of red-figure pottery. A bare-chested, bearded Daedalus cradles the body of his son Icarus. Daedalus wears a patterned, flowing garment. His wings are attached by ropes over his shoulders. The image of Icarus has been damaged so that only the outline remains. One of his arms dangles.

Annotations

Fragment of an Apulian red-figure calyx krater featuring Daedalus and his dead son Icarus.

Online Resources

British Museum 2007,5004.1

Subjects

Type

Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

Properties

Agent

The Black Fury Group

Date

390–380 BCE

Culture

Medium

Location

The British Museum

Image Credit

© Trustees of the British Museum.