Terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 530 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 18 9/16 in. ( cm), Vases

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Terracotta amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 530 , Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 18 9/16 in. ( cm), Vases, Obverse, Herakles and Amazons in combat, Reverse, Dionysos, Hermes, and satyrs. Amazons were mythical women warriors thought to live in a remote region of Asia Minor. One of the twelve labors that Herakles had to perform for his master, King Eurystheus, was to capture the girdle of the Amazon queen Hippolyte

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Size: 3329px × 4211px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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