Athenian black-figure olpe
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Athenian black-figure pottery

Athenian black-figure olpe: Heracles and the Cretan bull

Classification
black-figure pottery; olpe
Culture
Greek (culture)
Dimensions
height: 22.4 cm
Date
ca. 510–500 B.C.
Period
Archaic Period (700–480)
Material
clay
Artist
Leagros Group
Iconography
Heracles and the Cretan bull; bull; Heracles; lion's skin; quiver; bow; ivy leaf; chessboard motif
Production place
Athens
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Apponyi, Sándor (1844–1925); Budapest, National Széchényi Library
Inventory
51.17
ID
Hyp-746
References
Beazley 1971, no. 167
Trails
Myths of gods and heroes
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