Herakles fighting the Amazons in his 9th labor (stealing the belt of the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta)

Herakles fighting the Amazons in his 9th labor (stealing the belt of the Amazon
21. Olpe
Dot-Ivy Group (Greek, Attic)
Herakles fighting the Amazons in his 9th labor (stealing the belt of the Amazon Queen, Hippolyta)
Clay, black-figure, ca. 530-520 BCE
The Harold A. Strickland, Jr., Collection
Photograph courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery
1998.23.1

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