Ancient Greek Art: Heracles & the Cretan Bull

Labor of Heracles : the Cretan Bull | Greek vase, Athenian red figure kylix

M25.2 HERAKLES & THE KRETAN BULL

Museum Collection: Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, USA
Catalogue No.: Tampa 86.85
Beazley Archive No.: 352428
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Kylix
Painter: Attributed to the Euergides Painter
Date: ca 515 - 505 BC
Period: Archaic

ARTICLES

Tauros Kretaios

SUMMARY

Side A: Herakles wrestles the Nemean lion, grasping it in a neck lock and strangling the beast.
Side B: Herakles & the Kretan bull (see other image)

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