Herakles and the gods fighting the giants, detail of a black-figure amphora in the style of the Lysippides Painter

A bearded Zeus (left) steps into a quadriga (center) holding the reins in his left hand and a thunderbolt in right. Herakles stands in the chariot, left foot on the pole; he wears a short embroidered chiton and the lion's skin, with quiver at his back, and is in the act of shooting an arrow from his bow. On the far side of the chariot is Athena (right) wearing her helmet, aegis with fringe of snakes, and breastplate. She carries a shield and spear aimed toward a fallen giant.

Zeus, Herakles, and Athena fight the giants. Detail of a black-figure amphora in the style of the Lysippides Painter, British Museum 1839,1109.3. Image via the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

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British Museum
Associated Passages
439-462
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Date
c. 520-500 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Location
British Museum
Image Credit
© Trustees of the British Museum. Used by permission.