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Terracotta Kylix from Laconia in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 2007

Terracotta Kylix from Laconia in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oct. 2007
Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Laconian, ca. 550 BC
In the manner of the Arkesilas Painter

Accession # 59.15

One of the twelve labors that Herakles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, had to perform for his master, King Eurystheus, was the capture of a wild Cretan bull. Here, the hero rushes at the beast, while a siren perches above on a branch.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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