Terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Altenburg Class

ca. 515 BCE · Terracotta · Greek and Roman Art

Herakles and Pholos While Herakles was performing his labor to capture the Erymanthean Boar, the centaur Pholos received him. Pholos provided food but hesitated to offer wine, as it belonged to all the centaurs. Herakles insisted, however, and this representation shows him removing a large flat stone from the mouth of a storage jar. The body of the jar was buried in the ground. The fragrance of the wine attracted the other centaurs, and a melee ensued.

Artist

Altenburg Class

Date

ca. 515 BCE

Medium

Terracotta

Culture

Greek, Attic

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1956