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title: Attic Black-figure Amphora
author: Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1011/attic-black-figure-amphora/
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# Attic Black-figure Amphora

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## Image File

[![Attic Black-figure Amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1011.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/1011.jpg)

## Image Caption

An Attic black-figure neck-[amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amphora/) (540-530 BCE) depicting [Hercules](https://www.worldhistory.org/hercules/) wearing his lion skin and engaged in one of his celebrated 12 labours. The hero wrestles the hind of Keryneia and is breaking off one of its golden horns. On the left stands [Athena](https://www.worldhistory.org/athena/) and on the right [Artemis](https://www.worldhistory.org/artemis/). The amphora was a typical shape in [Greek pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Pottery/) and the designs on this example were commonly used motifs: the palm designs on the neck, the maeander (directly below the figures), the lotus buds (between the two lines of maeander) and the rising points from the base of the vessel. (British Museum, London).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. o. t. B. (2013, January 11). Attic Black-figure Amphora. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1011/attic-black-figure-amphora/>
### Chicago
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