Amphora (storage vessel): Herakles in Combat with the Amazon Andromache
Artist: The Antimenes Painter (Greek)
Date: 525-500 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm); Diam (lip): 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Diam (body): 10 1/4 in. (26 cm); Diam (foot): 5 15/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Medium: Black Figure; Wheel-thrown, slip-decorated earthenware with incised details.
Place of Origin: Greece, from Attica
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1955.225
Label Text:With the queen of the Amazons willing to hand over her prized belt, Herakles’ ninth labor seemed rather simple. But the goddess Hera, Herakles’ immortal nemesis, infected the Amazons with the notion that Herakles and his band of companions intended to abduct their queen. The ferocious women warriors therefore rushed to save Hippolyte from her nonexistent doom.. This amphora shows the ensuing fight between Herakles and the Amazons, with the Amazon queen attempting to escape to the right as the hero grabs her helmet. Believing Hyppolyte had tricked him and ordered her warriors to attack, Herakles killed her, taking the belt by force.
DescriptionFront: Herakles in combat with the Amazon Andromache.
Back: a warrior putting on greaves before battle.
Back: a warrior putting on greaves before battle.
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