Caeretan hydria
University of Bologna

Caeretan hydria

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CC0 — Public Domain
University of Bologna

Decorated hydria with Hercules' last labor, the capture of the three-headed hound Cerberus, Hercules is depicted while bringing the animal to Eurystheus who hid in a jar for the fright, begging Heracles to leave and take the dog with him. The vase was discovered in the excavations of Caere, one of the larger cities of southern Etruria

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