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In ancient Greek Art, Eros first appears as a winged adolescent on Attic red figure vases towards the end of the 6th Century BC. Vases contemporary to the Ludovisi Throne show Eros as as young man. The vase on the left, an Attic white ground lekythos by Douris, dates from around 500 BC, just slightly before the suggested date of manufacture of the Ludovisi Throne. Eros is clearly shown as fully grown young man. It is not until the end of the great period of Greek art, 323 BC, and in Hellenistic times, that Eros appears as the pudgy baby adopted by the Romans. |
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