O20.4 HERACLES & ACHELOUS
| Museum Collection | British Museum, London |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | London 1839,0214.70 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 200437 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Stamnos |
| Painter | Attributed to Oltos |
| Date | ca. 530 - 500 B.C. |
| Period | Late Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Herakles wrestles the river-god Achelous grasping him by the horn. The aquatic deity has the head, arms and breast of a man with a coiling fish-tail in place of a lower torso and legs. He is crowned with a bull's horn and has the pug-nose and animal-ears of a Satyr.