Ancient Greek black-figure water jar with lid, showing a central figure in a lion skin between two standing figures, with ornamental bands above and below.

Black-Figure Hydria with Heracles and Aphrodite, Attic, about 515-500 BCE

A black-figure hydria, a water jar with a lid and two horizontal handles, shows a central figure draped in a lion skin, flanked by a standing warrior on the left and a standing woman on the right. Incised detail and red-brown clay define the figures and the border ornaments on the shoulder and foot.

Artist: Ancient Greek
Date: about 515-500 BCE
Medium: terracotta, black-figure
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2108 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Philip D. Armour and Charles L. Hutchinson

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Black-Figure Hydria with Heracles and Aphrodite, Attic, about 515-500 BCE

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