Attic black-figure cup showing Herakles fighting an Amazon
Maker: Attributed to the Manner of the Haimon Painter
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece; findspot unknown
Date: about 480 BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Dimensions:11.5 x 17.4 cm
Object number: 920.68.21
Credit Line: Gift of Sigmund Samuel
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionEach side of the wine cup (skyphos) shows the same scene between large palmettes. Herakles, wearing his lion skin, uses his club to attack a fleeing Amazon, who is dressed and armed as a hoplite warrior. Attributed to the manner of the Haimon Painter by Beazley.
