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Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun (Eos and Memnon)
The collection record classifies this work as metalwork. It is dated c. 470–460 BCE. Recorded culture or place: Etruscan.
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- Museum title
- Mirror with Engraved Scene: Thesan and Memnun (Eos and Memnon)
- Date
- c. 470–460 BCE
- Culture / origin
- Etruscan
- Materials and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1952.259
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
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, though not nearly as frequently as scenes of Eos in pursuit of lovers (including Tithonos, father of Memnon).
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · CC0
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