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L1.1 HERACLES & GIANT ALCYONEUS

Heracles & Giant Alcyoneus | Attic red figure vase painting

DETAILS
Museum Collection	Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Catalogue No.	Munich 2590
Beazley Archive No.	200135
Ware	Attic Red Figure
Shape	Kylix
Painter	Signed by Phintias
Date	ca 520 B.C.
Period	Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Heracles, armed with a club, approaches the slumbering giant Alcyoneus. The god Hermes stands by the giant's head having put him to sleep with his kerkykeion wand.
Side B: Heracles and Apollo struggle for the Delphic tripod (not shown).
Tondo: Satyr (not shown).

ARTICLES

Alcyoneus, Hermes