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| Keywords: Blacas krater illustration.png Illustration of central band from the Blacas krater of Sunrise British Museum E466 The figures generally combine mythical personages and astronomical objects From right to left the figures are Helios the Sun four boys representing setting stars Endymion Eos the dawn Cephalus a dog and Selene the Moon It has been suggested that here Cephalus is an avatar of Orion as he seems to take the general shape of the constellation and that the dog at his foot represents Sirius Jane Ellen Harrison's 1890 Manual of Mythology In Relation to Greek enlarged translation of Collignon's French edition http //books google com/books id MF8AAAAAMAAJ pg PA180 pg 180 late 5th century BC illustration 1907 ”perhaps earlier Unidentified ancient Greek painter Museum British Museum credit line PD-old Helios Selene in ancient Greek pottery Orion in ancient Greek pottery Eos in ancient Greek pottery Endymion in ancient Greek pottery Cephalus in ancient Greek pottery Ancient Greek kraters Blacas Collection Grecian Greyhound Apulian red-figure pottery Ancient Greek pottery in the British Museum | ||||
