Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Within the mouth, ships and dolphins
On the body, obverse, the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod; reverse, onlookers
Representations of Herakles' attempt to seize the tripod from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi were popular in Attic vase-painting from the end of the sixth century B.C. to the mid-fifth. In addition to featuring the local hero, Herakles, they afforded artists the opportunity to depict two male figures in motion. This challenge particularly interested practitioners of the newly introduced red-figure technique, but it also spurred black-figure artists who wished to remain up-to-date.
On the body, obverse, the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod; reverse, onlookers
Representations of Herakles' attempt to seize the tripod from the oracle of Apollo at Delphi were popular in Attic vase-painting from the end of the sixth century B.C. to the mid-fifth. In addition to featuring the local hero, Herakles, they afforded artists the opportunity to depict two male figures in motion. This challenge particularly interested practitioners of the newly introduced red-figure technique, but it also spurred black-figure artists who wished to remain up-to-date.
Artwork Details
- Title: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
- Artist: Attributed to the Lykomedes Painter
- Period: Archaic
- Date: ca. 520–510 BCE
- Culture: Greek, Attic
- Medium: Terracotta; black-figure
- Dimensions: 13 × 14 7/8 × 14 1/2 in. (33 × 37.8 × 36.8 cm)
- Classification: Vases
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.286.76
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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