Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) ca. 490 Attributed to the Class of Athens The centaur Pholos, Herakles, Athena, and HermesOn this vase, the centaur Pholos prepares for a feast, an event whose smell attracts other centaurs and leads to a fierce conflict in which Herakles eventually drives off his assailants. This depiction of Pholos is unusual in that he does not have the expected human abdomen, but instead, his human legs are attached directly to his equine body, giving him the chest of a Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Greek, Attic. ca. 490 Terracotta; black-figure o
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) ca. 490 Attributed to the Class of Athens The centaur Pholos, Herakles, Athena, and HermesOn this vase, the centaur Pholos prepares for a feast, an event whose smell attracts other centaurs and leads to a fierce conflict in which Herakles eventually drives off his assailants. This depiction of Pholos is unusual in that he does not have the expected human abdomen, but instead, his human legs are attached directly to his equine body, giving him the chest of a Terracotta lekythos (oil flask). Greek, Attic. ca. 490 Terracotta; black-figure on white ground. Archaic. Vases
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