M25.2 HERACLES & THE CRETAN BULL
Museum Collection | Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa |
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Catalogue No. | Tampa 86.85 |
Beazley Archive No. | 352428 |
Ware | Attic Red Figure |
Shape | Kylix |
Painter | Attributed to the Euergides Painter |
Date | ca 515 - 505 B.C. |
Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Side A: Heracles and the Nemean lion (see other image).
Side B: Heracles captures the Cretan bull as one of his twelve labours. The hero is naked and unarmed. His robe hangs from a tree behind the bull.