THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Mythology in the Art | Greek mythology | Alcmene
1. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
2. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Alcmene appealing to Zeus against Amphitryon.
Red-figured bell-krater. Paestum.
Attributed to the Python Painter.
Clay.
Ca. 360—320 BCE.
Inv. No. 1890,0210.1.
London, British Museum.
3. SCULPTURE. Etruria.
Cinerary urn with a scene of a murder of a woman.
Travertine. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. 96.9.224 a, b.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
4. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Young Heracles strangles the snakes.
Fresco of the Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. n).
5. PAINTING, GRAPHICS. Rome.
Hercules strangling the snakes before the eyes of Amphitryon and Alcmene. Fragment.
Fresco of the Fourth style. 60—79 CE.
Pompeii, Archaeological Park, House of the Vettii (VI. 15. 1. n).
6. CERAMICS. Southern Italy.
Fliacic scene: Zeus in love adventure under the window of Alcmene, assisted by Hermes.
Red-figured bell-krater (side A). Paestum.
Ca. 350—340 BCE.
Attributed to the Painter Asteas.
Inv. No. 17106.
Rome, Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum.