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K9.6 ARES & CYCNUS

Ares | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Worcester Art Museum, Worcestor
Catalogue No. Worcester 1966.63
Beazley Archive No. 1986
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Amphora, Neck
Painter Attributed to the Leagros Group
Date ca 515 - 500 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Ares strides forward to defend his fallen son Cycnus as Heracles slits his throat.
Side B: Heracles playing a kithara (not shown).

ARTICLES

Ares, Cycnus