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Source Description
This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi to consult the oracle, but, when no answer was forthcoming, the hero seized Apollo's tripod, prompting a fight between the two. Herakles, draped in his lion-skin and carrying a club, menaces a youthful Apollo, while Herakles' protector, Athena, and Apollo's twin sister, Artemis, remain on the sidelines. On the back, Dionysus encounters the lame Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking, riding on a donkey as a maenad looks on.
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Document identity
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6825
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Neck Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Delphic Tripod
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Source metadata
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6825
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title
Neck Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Delphic Tripod
description
This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi to consult the oracle, but, when no answer was forthcoming, the hero seized Apollo's tripod, prompting a fight between the two. Herakles, draped in his lion-skin and carrying a club, menaces a youthful Apollo, while Herakles' protector, Athena, and Apollo's twin sister, Artemis, remain on the sidelines. On the back, Dionysus encounters the lame Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking, riding on a donkey as a maenad looks on.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 cat. no. 194]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 520 BCE (Archaic)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
amphorae (storage vessels)
vases
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
41.5
height
28
dimensionsRaw
H: 16 5/16 x Diam: 11 in. (41.5 x 28 cm)
Source extras
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Greek
style
Attic
med
terracotta, wheel made; black figure
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2599
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GRC
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2089
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