Detail of the figural scene, top left: upper bodies of Nike and Herakles

Detail of the trefoil lip on the left side

Detail of the figural scene, left: snub-nosed Nike, wearing a belted, slee...

View of the front

View of the left side

Detail of the figural scene, right of center: foreparts of four bearded ce...

Collection: Paris, Musée du Louvre
Summary: Herakles with Nike in a chariot drawn by four centaurs and preceded by a character in an actor's costume
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Painter: Attributed to the Nikias Painter
Attributed By: J.D. Beazley
Context: From Cyrenaica
Date: ca. 410 BC - ca. 400 BC
Primary Citation: ARV2, 1335.34; Para, 522; Beazley Addenda 2, 365
Shape: Oinochoe
Beazley Number: 217495
Period: High Classical


Shape Description: Chous (Beazley's type 3 Oinochoe), trefoil-lipped

Sources Used: Boardman 1989, fig. 321