Amphora with apotheosis of Hercules, and Apollo and four other gods

Leagros Group (active ca. 525 to 500 BCE) (attributed to)

Item type:

vessel

Date of creation:

ca. 510-500 BCE

Technique / Medium:

black figure painting

Place of creation:

Attica (Ellás)

School:

Attic

Description

Side A: Apotheosis of Hercules. Athena and Hercules on the quadriga, preceded by Hermes with a female figure; on the ground, to the left of the wagon, Apollo with a kithara; in the centre, Artemis walking toward the right.
Side B: Group of five gods. In the centre, Apollo playing the kithara; to the left, Dionysus and Ariadne with a flower in her hand; to the right of Apollo, Hermes and a female figure (Artemis?).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images

Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Iconografia musicale nella ceramica greca e italiota del Museo di Antichità di Torino", Miscellanea di studi 5, ed. by Alberto Basso (Torino: Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte, 2003) 7-40.

Santarelli, Cristina. "The collections of Greek and Italiot pottery of the Museo di Antichità, Turin", Music in Art 30/1-2 (2005) 244-254. RILM 2005-7129.

RIdIM record id

3018