Black-Figure Hercules & Nessos

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Carole Raddato
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published on 25 July 2014
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Attic black-figure funerary amphora depicting Heracles wrestling down the Centaur Nessos, from a tomb in Athens, 620-610 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens)

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Carole Raddato
Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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Raddato, C. (2014, July 25). Black-Figure Hercules & Nessos. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2851/black-figure-hercules--nessos/

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Raddato, Carole. "Black-Figure Hercules & Nessos." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 25, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2851/black-figure-hercules--nessos/.

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Raddato, Carole. "Black-Figure Hercules & Nessos." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 25 Jul 2014. Web. 20 Dec 2024.

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