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title: Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon
author: Marie-Lan Nguyen
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12824/nestor-and-his-sons-sacrificing-to-poseidon/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon

_Authored by Marie-Lan Nguyen_

## Image File

[![Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12824.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12824.jpg)

## Image Caption

A red-figure krater depicting Nestor and his sons on the beach at [Pylos](https://www.worldhistory.org/Pylos/) sacrificing to the [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Poseidon](https://www.worldhistory.org/poseidon/). Housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain, d. 400-380 BCE.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Nguyen, M. (2020, October 01). Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12824/nestor-and-his-sons-sacrificing-to-poseidon/>
### Chicago
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 01, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12824/nestor-and-his-sons-sacrificing-to-poseidon/>.
### MLA
Nguyen, Marie-Lan. "Nestor and his Sons Sacrificing to Poseidon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Oct 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12824/nestor-and-his-sons-sacrificing-to-poseidon/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacrifice_Nestor_Pylos_Meleager_Painter_MAN.jpg) by [**Marie-Lan Nguyen**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacrifice_Nestor_Pylos_Meleager_Painter_MAN.jpg). Submitted by [Kelly Macquire](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kelly.mac144/ "User Page: Kelly Macquire"), published on 01 October 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.