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Vase with representation of Herakles and Geras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

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In the Catalogue of Vases in the British Museum a red-figured amphora is described in the following terms:—

Cat. 864.—Amphora. Height 1 ft. in., red figures on black ground, outlines in black, inner markings faintly traced in red.

“1. Herakles pursuing the robber Cacus: the hero is bearded, the lion's skin covers his head and hangs down his back behind: in his left hand he holds his club: he stretches out his right hand towards the robber, who flies, looking back and stretching out both his hands towards him: the beard and hair of Cacus are white and squalid, drapery is twisted round his loins, but the figure has been retouched in these places, as has also the figure of Herakles: between them [Ch]armides Kalos; 2. rev. a youthful beardless figure clad in a mantle which envelops his head and arms: he leans on his staff.”—H.

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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1883

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