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Pelike (wine container): Striding Herakles
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On one side, Herakles strides along with club in his right hand and carrying a pole with two suspended transport amphorae (storage jars) over left shoulder
On the other side, a satyr a in long skirt draws water, or maybe even wine, from a well.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Joseph Hoppin collection; purchased in Rome 1898.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Joseph C. Hoppin
Title: Pelike (wine container): Striding Herakles
Description:
On one side, Herakles strides along with club in his right hand and carrying a pole with two suspended transport amphorae (storage jars) over left shoulder
On the other side, a satyr a in long skirt draws water, or maybe even wine, from a well.
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