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L1.4 HERACLES & GIANT ALCYONEUS

Heracles & Giant Alcyoneus | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Catalogue No. Toledo 1952.66
Beazley Archive No. 2190
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Lekythos
Painter Attributed to the Leagros Group
Date ca 510 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Heracles approaches the giant Alcyoneus with his sword drawn. The winged god Hypnos (Sleep) strides across the prone form of the slumbering giant.

This image is montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Alcyoneus, Hypnos