O32.1 HERACLES & THE CERCOPES
| Museum Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Oxford V249 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 13812 |
| Ware | Attic Black Figure |
| Shape | Lekythos |
| Painter | - |
| Date | ca 550 - 500 B.C. |
| Period | Archaic |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles captures the Cercopes, a pair of thievish demigods. The hero wears a lion-skin cape and holds a club in one hand and a pole in the other. The twins hang upside-down, bound to the pole at the knees. A woman with arms outstreched and an elderly man flank the scene, probably Theia and Oceanus, parents of the thieves.