Dioscuri and Heracles BM E224

The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker Meidias Painter (eponym vase)
Rape of the Leucippids by the Dioscuri (top); Heracles in the Garden of Hesperides accompagnied by a group of Athenian tribal heroes (bottom). Attic red-figured hydria, ca. 420/400 BC.

Dimensions Unspecified
Credit line Hamilton collection
Accession number GR 1772.3-20.30 (Cat. Vases E 224)
Location Main floor, room 20, Greek & Rome
Photographer/Source Bibi Saint-Pol (2006, 22 November)

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