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Detail of a Terracotta Lekythos with Poseidon, Herakles, and Hermes Fishing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017
Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 515 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:H. 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm)
diameter of foot 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:56.171.33
Poseidon, Herakles, and Hermes fishing
The immortals of Mount Olympos were not exclusively engaged in momentous feats. Here three of them are shown fishing, each perched on a rock. Poseidon holds his catch in one hand, his trident in the other; Herakles tries his luck with a rod; and Hermes gesticulates at the right.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254891
Period:Archaic
Date:ca. 515 B.C.
Culture:Greek, Attic
Medium:Terracotta; black-figure
Dimensions:H. 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm)
diameter of foot 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification:Vases
Credit Line:Fletcher Fund, 1956
Accession Number:56.171.33
Poseidon, Herakles, and Hermes fishing
The immortals of Mount Olympos were not exclusively engaged in momentous feats. Here three of them are shown fishing, each perched on a rock. Poseidon holds his catch in one hand, his trident in the other; Herakles tries his luck with a rod; and Hermes gesticulates at the right.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254891
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