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Historia Troiana / Events before the Trojan War / The rape of Helen / Aneas assisting Paris in the rape of Helen
Historia Troiana / Events before the Trojan War / The rape of Helen / Rape of Helen
Venus / With Amor / With other figures / Paris and Helen

Further details

Paris is leading Helen away from Sparta and the Palace of Menelaos. Aeneas, with a lion shield, accompanies Paris. Aphrodite and Eros flank Helen. Peitho, the personification of persuasion, follows behind Aphrodite

Artist or creator

Makron (active in Athens, c500-475 BC) and
Hieron (Attic potter)

Date

490 BC - 480 BC

Location

Boston (Mass.), Museum of Fine Arts (acc. no. 13.186)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

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Boston, Museum of Fine Arts

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

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