O13.1 HERACLES & THE CENTAUR EURYTION
| Museum Collection | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu |
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| Catalogue No. | Malibu 88.AE.24 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 28120 |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure |
| Shape | Amphora, Type B |
| Painter | Attributed to the Medea Group |
| Date | ca. 530 - 520 B.C. |
| Period | High Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles confronts the centaur Eurytion in Olenus. The hero is equipped with a breastplate, sheathed sword, bow and quiver of arrows, and wields a club. The centaur, his mouth agape, brandishes a pair of stones. The pair are flanked by the princess Mnesimache (left) and her father, the elderly King Dexamenus (right).