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Eros, God of Love

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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Period:
Archaic
Date:
ca. 525-500 B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Attic
Medium:
Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:
H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5cm.) Diameter 15.3 cm.
Classification:
Vases
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number:
06.1021.78

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

  • Description

    Obverse, Athena, Herakles leading Kerberos, and Hermes
    Reverse, Battle of gods and giants

    According to myth, Kerberos, the guard dog of Hades, may have had as many as one-hundred heads, or fifty heads, or as few as one. In Archaic Attic vase painting, Kerberos, as seen on this vase, is often depicted with two heads.

  • Provenance

    Said to be from Cerveteri

  • References

    Collection Canessa, p. 58, No. 220, (illus.), pl.XVI.
    Le Musee (1907), p. 155.
    MMA Handbook of the Classical Collection (1917), p. 80.
    MMA Handbook of the Classical Collection (1927), p. 92.
    DVB, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 58 no.1 (1954), p. 64.
    D.B. Hull, Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece (1964) plate VIII.
    Bothmer and Moore, CVA MMA 4 (1976) pl. 37, 1-4.
    Vian, Francis and M.B. Moore, LIMC IV Eros-Herakles Vol. 1 1988.

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