Terracotta oinochoe (jug) ca. 515 Attributed near the Altenburg Class Herakles and PholosWhile Herakles was performing his labor to capture the Erymanthean Boar, the centaur Pholos received him. Pholos provided food but hesitated to offer wine, as it belonged to all the centaurs. Herakles insisted, however, and this representation shows him removing a large flat stone from the mouth of a storage jar. The body of the jar was buried in the ground. The fragrance of the wine attracted the other centaurs, and a melee Terracotta oinochoe (jug) 254890 : Attributed near the Altenburg Cl
Terracotta oinochoe (jug) ca. 515 Attributed near the Altenburg Class Herakles and PholosWhile Herakles was performing his labor to capture the Erymanthean Boar, the centaur Pholos received him. Pholos provided food but hesitated to offer wine, as it belonged to all the centaurs. Herakles insisted, however, and this representation shows him removing a large flat stone from the mouth of a storage jar. The body of the jar was buried in the ground. The fragrance of the wine attracted the other centaurs, and a melee Terracotta oinochoe (jug) 254890 : Attributed near the Altenburg Class, Terracotta oinochoe (jug), ca. 515 , Terracotta, H. 10 15/16 in. ( cm); diameter of foot 3 1/16 in. ( cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1956 ()
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