Name: Vessel with the struggle of Heracles and Triton.
Artist name: Unknown
Material and techniques: Ceramics, technique of black figures
Where was performed and found: In Atica
Dimensions: 30.5 cm high, 20.4 inches wide and 14.8 cm in diameter of the mouth
Description: Vessel decorated with a drawing of the battle between Heracles and Triton. It has two handles and a lid.
Historical context: 530 BC. In the commercial development of Athens.
Thematic: Triton, hybrid who knew the hidden path to the ends of the world and the Garden of Hesperides, in act of being defeated by the hero. When he beat him, protected teaching is transmitted to men. Triton, polimorphic hybrid in the confrontation turns into a snake, lyon and fire.
Where is shows now: In the exhibition Apollo reflects in Zaragoza.
