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Description: | Attic black figure oinochoe (shape II) with globular body with flattened shoulder, offset neck, trefoil mouth, high ribbon handle attached from rim to shoulder and an echinus foot. Lip, handle, neck and back of body all black. The figured scene is black on a red panel, with border of ivy leaves on sides, above vertical lines, meander on the neck. The scene is concentrated on the front of the vase and depicts the contest of Heracles with Amazons: Heracles to right, with lion's skin over a short chiton, and quiver at side, brandishing club in right hand, seizes an Amazon, who falls back on one knee to left; she wears high-crested helmet with cheek-pieces, cuirass, short chiton, spear, and shield with device of two eagles. Behind her is a Greek fully armed (Telamon?), attacking her with spear, on his shield the device of a lion. Behind Heracles is another Amazon running away to left, looking back; she wears a Phrygian helmet with high peak, short chiton and quiver. Accessories are in white and purple overpainted, Amazons' flesh is white overpainted. | Subjects: | Greece Europe Southern Europe | Source: | Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.foreignarchaeology.86596 | Go to resource |
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