Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
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.
Herakles, the greatest Greek hero, was the only mortal admitted to live among the gods after his death.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
- Artist: Attributed to the Sappho Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 500 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure, white-ground
- Dimensions: H. 7 1/16 in. (18 cm); diameter 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941
- Object Number: 41.162.30
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Sappho Painter
ca. 500–490 BCE
Sappho Painter
ca. 500–490 BCE
Sappho Painter
early 5th century BCE
Sappho Painter
ca. 500–490 BCE
Sappho Painter
ca. 500 BCE
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