M12.2 HERACLES & CERBERUS

Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Catalogue No. | Louvre F204 |
Beazley Archive No. | 200011 |
Ware | Attic Bilingual |
Shape | Amphora |
Painter | Attributed to the Andokides Painter and Lysippides Painter |
Date | ca 520 - 510 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Heracles, kneeling before the gates of Hades, chains the two-headed, guard dog Cerberus. He is accompanied in his labour by the goddess Athena (not shown). The hero wears a lion-skin cape and quiver of arrows, and holds a club and chain in his hands.
Side B: Dionysus, Ariadne & Satyrs (see other image).
This image is a montage of three photos of the vase.