Wine jug (one of a pair)
This jug and its mate (1985.181.1) are decorated with scenes from classical mythology. Here, Mercury, commanded by the goddess Hera, prepares to behead Argus, the hundred-eyed guardian of Io, a maiden beloved of Zeus, Hera's husband.
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