Two figures occupy the reverse side of this nearly circular bronze mirror, neatly enclosed by a continuous ivy-leaf border. Equipped with wings and winged shoes, the dawn goddess Thesan (Eos) carries the body of her son Memnun (Memnon). Slain by Achilles on the battlefield at Troy, he still wears armor and greaves, though his crested helmet has fallen below. The subject occurs on several other Etruscan mirrors and Greek vases of the same time period. Author Unknown author Description English: The winged goddess, Thesan, carrying the armored body of Memnun. Date 470–460 BC Collection Cleveland Museum of Art Source/Photographer https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.259 Permission (Reusing this file) This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.
Etruscan mirror with Thesan and Memnun
Two figures occupy the reverse side of this nearly circular bronze mirror, neatly enclosed by a continuous ivy-leaf border. Equipped with wings and winged shoes, the dawn goddess Thesan (Eos) carries the body of her son Memnun (Memnon). Slain by Achilles on the battlefield at Troy, he still wears armor and greaves, though his crested helmet has fallen below. The subject occurs on several other Etruscan mirrors and Greek vases of the same time period.
Author
Unknown author
Description
English: The winged goddess, Thesan, carrying the armored body of Memnun.
Date 470–460 BC
Collection Cleveland Museum of Art
Source/Photographer https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.259
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.