P10.8 HERACLES WRESTING TRITON
| Museum Collection | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Boston 99.522 |
| Beazley Archive No. | - |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure |
| Shape | Hydria |
| Painter | - |
| Date | ca. 530 - 520 B.C. |
| Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles wrestles the fish-tailed god Triton. The aquatic deity has the head, arms and chest of a man and the serpentine tail of fish. The hero is cloaked in a lion-skin cape. The god could also be Nereus, the old man of the sea, who the hero wrestled in myth, although the elder deity is usually clothed in a chiton.