Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Culture: Greek, Attic. Dimensions: H. 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); diameter 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm). Date: ca. 500 B.C.. Zeus, seated on his throne, with his cupbearer, Ganymede, and Ares, the god of war, standing behind him; Athena approaching to introduce Herakles to Mount Olympos; winged Iris, a messenger of the gods, following. Herakles, the greatest Greek hero, was the only mortal admitted to live among the gods after his death.

Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

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3197 x 4400 px | 40.2 MB

27.1 x 37.3 cm | 10.7 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)