Amphora, Type A. A. Herakles and the Nemean Lion. Herakles at left grappling on ground with lion. Behind him Athena facing right. Behind the hindquarters of the lion is Iolaos. Inscriptions in the field beside the figures and one other at extreme left. Above palmette and lotus chain. B. Dionysos and Ariadne. In center, l. to r., Ariadne and Dionysos. To left a partially preserved dancing satyr (tip of tail preserved) and to right a dancing maenad. The legs of 2 children, perhaps Oinopion and Staphylus, hang from Ariadne's shoulders. Dionysos holds a grapevine and a kantharos. Inscriptions in field. Part of palmette and lotus chain preserved above. On A... (inscription), with room for probably four or five letters before the epsilon. Restored from many fragments, with parts in plaster. Recalls Exekias and the Lysippides Painter (Beazley). Exekias (Mommsen).
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[Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 3
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[Book] Brommer, Frank. 1960. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage.. Marburg/Lahn, N. G. Elwert. ed. 2nd. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 104, no. 46
[Article] Clement, Paul A. 1955. "Geryon and Others in Los Angeles". Hesperia: the Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. Vol. 24. no. 1. pg. 1-24 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 9, note 15
[Book] Beazley, John D. 1928. Attic Black-Figure: a sketch; Annual lecture on aspects of art, Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy.. London. H. Milford. pg. 50 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 31
