Herakles wrestling with Triton or Nereus [~ 550 BC]

Redrawing after a kylix in Tarquinia [~ 550 BC]

coloration by author to clarify the acting person

It is clearly visible how Herakles sits in the neck of the human-fish hybrid and strangles the Triton.

 

Greek vase paintings: a selection of examples ;

with preface, introduction and descriptions

London, 1894

digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/harrison1894/0048/image

Greek vase painting page 48 -

Herakles wrestling with Triton or Nereus

drawing after a kylix in Tarquinia

Black-figure kylix from Tarquinia, Archaeological Museum

RC 4194 [~ 550 BC]

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