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L1.1 HERACLES & GIANT ALCYONEUS

Heracles & Giant Alcyoneus | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No. Munich 2590
Beazley Archive No. 200135
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Signed by Phintias
Date ca 520 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Heracles, armed with a club, approaches the slumbering giant Alcyoneus. The god Hermes stands by the giant's head having put him to sleep with his kerkykeion wand.
Side B: Heracles and Apollo struggle for the Delphic tripod (not shown).
Tondo: Satyr (not shown).

ARTICLES

Alcyoneus, Hermes