Heracles & the Erymanthian boar, with a cowering Eurystheus & Athena | Greek vase, Athenian black figure amphora

 

M23.5 HERAKLES & THE BOAR

Museum Collection: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Catalogue Number: Paris F59
Beazley Archive Number: 302247
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Shape: Amphora, Neck
Painter: Attributed to the Manner of Lysippides Painter or to the Mastos Group
Date: ca 510 BC
Period: Archaic

SUMMARY

Side A: Herakles delivers the Erymanthian boar to Eurystheus who cowers inside a buried pithos vase. Athene observes the scene.
Side B: Dionysos & Ariadne (not shown)

ARTICLESHus Erymanthios

 
 
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