Heracles & Nessus or Achelous | Greek vase, Athenian black figure amphora

O12.10 HERAKLES & KENTAUROS

Museum Collection: Toledo Museum of Art,
Ohio, USA
Catalogue Number: Toledo 1952.65
Beazley Archive Number: 302119
Ware: Attic Black Figure
Shape: Neck Amphora
Painter: Attributed to the Leagros Group
Date: ca 510 - 500 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Herakles battling a horned Kentauros (centaur) or the bull-shaped god Akheloios.

ARTICLESKentauroi, Akheloios

 
 
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