"Herakles und Theseus auf Vasen in Malibu." Greek Vases in the J. Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). 4, Mainz/Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. "Poseidon and Amymone on an Apulian Pelike." Festschrift für Frank Brommer, Ms. "Aison, der Meidiasmaler? Zu einer rotfigurigen Oinochoe aus dem Kerameikos." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung, 90: p. 137, London: Institute Of Classical Studies. Monuments Illustrating Tragedy and Satyr Play. "Exemplum virtutis: A Study of Heracles in Athens in the second half of the 5th century B.C." Ph.D. "Three Attic Red-Figured Vases in New York." American Journal of Archaeology, 66(3): p. The power of water clearly connects the representations on each side of the vase. A spring, named after her, welled up where the god struck the ground with his trident. She was finally rescued by Poseidon, who took her for himself. Beset by satyrs, Amymone is defending herself with an available thyrsos. The scene on the reverse is in rather light-hearted contrast. The youths are Herakles' nephew, Iolaos, the hero Philoktetes (with quiver and bow), and probably Herakles' son, Hylos. Below, Athena urges nymphs to quench the funeral pyre. Herakles leaves behind on the fire a corselet signifying the husk of his mortal self. In the elaborate scene on the obverse, he is already in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) driven by Nike and preceded by Hermes and is on the way to Mount Olympos, where Dionysos, Apollo, and Ares await him. Obverse, the death and apotheosis of Herakles Reverse, Amymone surprised by satyrs Horribly burned by a charm that his wife gave him in a misguided attempt to revive his love, Herakles had a funeral pyre built and threw himself on it to die.
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