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O12.1 HERACLES & THE CENTAURS

Heracles & Centaurs | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection British Museum, London
Catalogue No. London 1929,1111.1
Beazley Archive No. 200479
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Kylix
Painter Attributed to Epiktetos
Date ca. 500 B.C.
Period Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Heracles battles three Centaurs brandishing boulders and tree-branches. The hero wields a club and has a sword sheathed at his side. The Centaurs have the facial features of Satyrs with pug noses and bestial ears. The spotted pattern on the middle Centaur suggests its equine coat covers its human arms and torso as well as its lower horse parts.

IMAGE DETAIL

Centaur | Attic red figure vase painting

Detail of Centaur.

ARTICLES

Arcadian Centaurs