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Source Description
Side A of this vase depicts a scene from the contest between Kyknos (a son of Ares) and Herakles. The latter appears in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) with Athena by his side. On side B Athena and Ares are depicted spearing two fallen giants.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26100
label
Amphora Depicting Gigantomachy and Contest Between Herakles and Kyknos
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
26100
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Amphora Depicting Gigantomachy and Contest Between Herakles and Kyknos
description
Side A of this vase depicts a scene from the contest between Kyknos (a son of Ares) and Herakles. The latter appears in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) with Athena by his side. On side B Athena and Ares are depicted spearing two fallen giants.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 520 BCE (Archaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
amphorae (storage vessels)
vases
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
42.7
height
18
dimensionsRaw
H: 16 13/16 x Diam at mouth: 7 1/16 in. (42.7 x 18 cm); Circumference: 34 3/4 in. (88.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta; black figure
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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c817f702926236f3