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| Keywords: Haimon Painter - Three Amazons and Herakles - Walters 48241 - Back.jpg Herakles is depicted on this black-figure lekythos with his usual attributes the lion skin and the club which he holds in his right hand and a quiver He is facing right grasping an Amazon who tries to escape from him though she turns her head to face him There is an Amazon on each side of this duel One runs away from Herakles while the other runs toward his captive as if coming to her aid All three are similarly dressed; two carry spears; one has no shield Herakles' ninth labor for King Eurytheus required him to retrieve the girdle of the queen of the Amazons While the queen at first willingly acceded to Herakles' request the goddess Hera spread a rumor among the Amazons that Herakles intended to kidnap their queen; when the Amazons attacked him Herakles killed her and made off with her girdle This theme was a common subject on vases depicting the Amazons and one of the most frequently recurring subjects on vases portraying Herakles and his labors In vase-painting the Amazon queen is usually named Andromache she is more often named Hippolyte in the literary evidence and the girdle itself is usually not depicted until after the 6th century ca 525 475 BC terracotta cm 27 8 2 accession number 48 241 27241 Joseph Brummer New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin Attica Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek black-figure pottery in the Walters Art Museum Haimon Painter Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
