Neck Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Delphic Tripod

<p>This amphora pairs a scene of Dionysus with one of Herakles' exploits: the struggle between Herakles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. According to myth, Herakles traveled to the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi to consult the oracle, but, when no answer was forthcoming, the hero seized Apollo's tripod, prompting a fight between the two. Herakles, draped in his lion-skin and carrying a club, menaces a youthful Apollo, while Herakles' protector, Athena, and Apollo's twin sister, Artemis, remain on the sidelines. On the back, Dionysus encounters the lame Hephaestus, god of fire and metalworking, riding on a donkey as a maenad looks on.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.21' rel='external'>Neck Amphora with Herakles and Apollo Fighting Over the Delphic Tripod</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>