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M12.3 CERBERUS & HERACLES

Cerberus & Heracles | Attic black figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Catalogue No. Toledo 1950.261
Beazley Archive No. 701
Ware Attic Black Figure
Shape Hydria
Painter Attributed to the Karithaios Painter
Date ca 530 - 520 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Heracles leads Cerberus, the hound of Hades, forth from the underworld on a chain. He is greeted by the goddess Persephone (far right, partially shown) who has given the hero permission to remove the hound. The hero is followed by his patron gods Hermes, guide of the dead, and Athena.

This image is montage of several photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Cerberus, Hermes, Persephone