M22.1 HERACLES & THE CERYNITIAN HIND

Museum Collection | Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo |
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Catalogue No. | Toledo 1958.69a |
Beazley Archive No. | 351252 |
Ware | Attic Black Figure |
Shape | Amphora, Pointed |
Painter | Attributed toLeagros Group or Acheloos Painter |
Date | ca. 510 B.C. |
Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles captures the Cerynitian hind as one of his twelve labours, seizing it by the antlers. The hero wears a lion-skin cape and quiver on his back. He is supported by the goddess Athena who wears a helm and snake-trimmed aegis cloak.