Detail of a Terracotta Lekythos Attributed to the Phiale Painter in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2017

Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Attributed to the Phiale Painter

Period:Classical

Date:ca. 440 B.C.

Culture:Greek, Attic

Medium:Terracotta; red-figure

Dimensions:H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm); diameter 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1917

Accession Number:17.230.35

Obverse, Poseidon pursuing Amymone

Poseidon, the brother of Zeus and Hades, was the god of the sea. He also created fresh water springs; and the great springs at Lerna in the southern Peloponnesos gushed forth as a result of his pursuit of Amymone, the daughter of the king of Argos.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/250569