Terracotta amphora (jar)
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. In the fierce battle depicted here, the Amazons are dressed like Greek hoplites (foot soldiers) with helmet, cuirass, and round shield.
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. In the fierce battle depicted here, the Amazons are dressed like Greek hoplites (foot soldiers) with helmet, cuirass, and round shield.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta amphora (jar)
- Artist: Attributed to a painter of Bateman Group
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 530 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.2 cm)
diameter 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm) - Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956
- Object Number: 56.171.7
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Bateman Group
ca. 530–520 BCE
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ca. 540–530 BCE
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ca. 530 BCE
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ca. 490 BCE
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ca. 510 BCE
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