British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Artist/Maker Painter of Berlin 1686

Heracles (centre-left) pursues Kyknos (centre-right) while Athena (left) and Ares (right) stand ready to join in; Zeus (centre) parts the fighters. Attic black-figured amphora, ca. 550/30 BC. From Kameiros in Rhodes.
Dimensions Unspecified
Credit line H. 55 cm (21 ½ in.)

Accession number GR 1861.4-25.50 (Cat. Vases B 197)
Location Main floor, room 13, Greek & Rome

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)
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