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Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

ca. 470–460 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 156

Obverse, Herakles slaying the Egyptian king Busiris
Reverse, the king's priests and attendants in flight

One of the numerous adventures of Herakles took place in Egypt where he encountered Busiris, a king who had been advised to sacrifice all strangers to Zeus in order to avoid drought. Herakles prevailed over Busiris and killed him and all his henchmen.

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Title: Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

Artist: Attributed to the Agrigento Painter

Period: Classical

Date: ca. 470–460 BCE

Culture: Greek, Attic

Medium: Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions: H. 17 9/16 in. (44.6 cm); diameter 14 3/4 in. (37.5 cm)

Classification: Vases

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915

Accession Number: 15.27

Chronology

Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D.

Red-Figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 1 and 2

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