Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)

Vases
Vase
The Met
Rogers Fund, 1917
17.230.35
H. 17 7/16 in. (44.3 cm); diameter 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm)
Attic, Greek
Terracotta; red-figure

Details

Obverse, Poseidon pursuing Amymone

Poseidon, the brother of Zeus and Hades, was the god of the sea. He also created fresh water springs; and the great springs at Lerna in the southern Peloponnesos gushed forth as a result of his pursuit of Amymone, the daughter of the king of Argos.