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Detail of a Terracotta Column Krater Attributed to the Agrigento Painter in the Metropolitan Museum, August 2019
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
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.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248916
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
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.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248916
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