Acheloos Painter
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vase painter of the black-figure style. He received his name after a representation of the fight of the river god Acheloos
Acheloos
Acheloos may refer to:* Acheloos River, in Greece* Achelous, a river deity in Greek mythology* Acheloos , a municipality in the Karditsa prefecture, Greece...
and Heracles
Heracles
Heracles ,born Alcaeus or Alcides , was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon and great-grandson of Perseus...
on Amphora F 1851 in the Berlin Antique collection.
Selected works
- Altenburg, Staatliches Lindenau-Museum
- Amphora 228
- Basel, Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig
- Amphora BS 1906.294
- Berlin, Antikensammlung
- Amphora F 1845 • Amphora F 1851 • Hydria F 1905
- Cambridge, Harvard University Art Museums
- Amphora 1960.314
- Florenz, Museo Archeologico Etrusco
- Amphora 3871
- London, The British Museum
- Panathenäische Amphora B 167
- Mississippi, University of Mississippi
- Amphora 1977.3.71
- München, Staatliche Antikensammlung
- Amphora SL 459
- Reading, The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
- Amphora 45.10.22
- Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art
- Amphora 58.69
- Würzburg, Martin von Wagner Museum
- Amphora 210