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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.
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Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Caption: 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.
Technique/material: Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground
Period: ARCHAIC
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit: Album
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 3197 × 4400 px | 40.2 MB
Print size: 27.1 × 37.3 cm | 1258.7 × 1732.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ARCHAIC • CLAY • EUROPE • GREECE • GREEK AND ROMAN ART • JUGS • LEKYTHOI • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • TERRACOTTA • TERRACOTTA; BLACK-FIGURE, WHITE-GROUND • VASES • VESSELS