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Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos

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Title
Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos
Collection

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

Pottery -- Greek

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1883
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC-WON POTT-Gre
Topics
Pottery -- Greece
Pottery, Greek
Antiquities
Athena (Greek deity)
Amphoras
Mythology, Greek
Hermes (Greek deity)
Containers -- To 499
Vases, Greek
Heracles (Greek mythology)
Zeus (Greek deity)
Vases
Genres
Prints
Notes
Source note: From Griechische Keramik. Ausgewählt und aufgenommen von A. Genick. Mit Beschreibung von Adolf Furtwängler. (Berlin Wasmuth 1883) Furtwängler, Adolf (1853-1907), Author.
Content: Written on border: "Athena, Mercury, et al, on reverse side of amphora showing Herakles slaying the Nemean lion."
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 35 x 26 cm
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7eaf2300-c5bf-012f-a5dd-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1883: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1883. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-5fb6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-5fb6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1883). Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-5fb6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Archaic Attic amphora depicting Hermes and Athena, at center, escorting Herakles, with club and bow, to meet Zeus, left, on Olympos