Attic black-figure amphora showing Herakles fighting an Amazon
Maker: Attributed to the Painter of Toronto 313
Medium:Wheel-thrown earthenware, slip-painted with incised detail
Geography: Made in Athens, Greece; found in Tarquinia, Etruria, Italy
Date: about 500 BC
Period: Greek Archaic period
Object number: 919.5.136
Credit Line: Sigmund Samuel Collection
Gallery Location:Gallery of Greece
DescriptionOn one side of the amphora (wine jar) Herakles, wearing his lion skin, attacks an Amazon warrior with his club. On the other side, a hoplite warrior attacks an Amazon dressed as a hoplite, but with white skin (perhaps Achilles attacking Penthesilea). On either side stand male onlookers wearing cloaks and holding staffs. This is the name-vase of the Painter of Toronto 313 according to Beazley.
