Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos
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Title
Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Pottery -- Greek
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1883
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Pottery -- Greece
Pottery, Greek
Antiquities
Athena (Greek deity)
Amphoras
Mythology, Greek
Hermes (Greek deity)
Containers -- To 499
Vases, Greek
Heracles (Greek mythology)
Zeus (Greek deity)
Vases
Genres
Notes
Source Note: From Griechische Keramik. Ausgewählt und aufgenommen von A. Genick. Mit Beschreibung von Adolf Furtwängler. (Berlin Wasmuth 1883) Furtwängler, Adolf (1853-1907), Author.
Content: Written on border: "Athena, Mercury, et al, on reverse side of amphora showing Herakles slaying the Nemean lion."
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 35 x 26 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7eaf2300-c5bf-012f-a5dd-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1883
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1883). Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7eaf2300-c5bf-012f-a5dd-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7eaf2300-c5bf-012f-a5dd-58d385a7bc34
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