Heracles & the giant Antaeus wrestling | Greek vase, Athenian black figure krater

L2.1 HERAKLES & ANTAIOS

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Louvre G103
Beazley Archive Number: 200064
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Krater
Painter: Signed by Euphronios
Date: ca 515 - 505 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Herakles wrestles the Libyan giant Antaios, grasping him in a neck lock. The two women may be the daughters of the giant.

ARTICLESAntaios

 
 
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