M23.2 HERACLES & THE ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
| Museum Collection | University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Mississippi 1977.3.63 |
| Beazley Archive No. | - |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure |
| Shape | Amphora, Neck |
| Painter | - |
| Date | ca 540 - 520 B.C. |
| Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles delivers the Erymanthian boar to King Eurystheus as one of his twelve labours. The muscular hero is naked and holds the boar upside-down across his shoulder. The king cowers inside a buried pithos jar. Heracles' squire Iolaus stands on the left holding a club. On the opposite side the goddess Athena, bearing a shield decorated with the image of a dolphin, witnesses the scene.