Side A: Herakles' head
Side A: scene at center
Side B: Herakles feasting
| Collection: | Munich, Antikensammlungen |
| Summary: | Sides A and B: Herakles feasting, with Athena |
| Ware: | Attic Bilingual |
| Painter: | Attributed to the Andokides Painter and Lysippides Painter |
| Attributed By: | J.D. Beazley |
| Context: | From Vulci |
| Date: | ca. 530 BC - ca. 510 BC |
| Dimensions: | H. 0.535 m., Max. D. 0.225 m. |
| Primary Citation: | |
| Shape: | Panel amphora |
| Beazley Number: | 200009 |
| Region: | Etruria |
| Period: | Archaic |
Decoration Description:
Side A: red figure, Herakles feasting, with Athena. Herakles reclines on a kline, wearing an elaborate mantle, a wreath of grapevine on his head. He leans on a cushion with his left arm, in which he holds a kantharos, and rests his left arm on his knee. The kline has richly ornamented legs. In front of the kline is a three-legged table with lion-paw legs. Foodstuffs, including five rounded loaves or cakes on the left, three long dark red strips of meat and a knife in the center, five small fruits (?) to the right, a saucer (?) and a kylix. To the left stands Athena, wearing a chiton, aegis, helmet and carrying a spear. She offers Herakles a rose in her left hand.
Side B: Black figure, similar scene. Herakles reclines on a kline, before which is a table laden with foods. Athena holds out her hand in greeting. Behind Athena stands Hermes, wearing high boots and a cap, while to the right a servant draws wine from a dinos on a high stand.
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