Terracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 480–470 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); width 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm); diameter of foot 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm), Vases, Hermes. Hermes, the messenger god, moves swiftly across this vase on some errand for Zeus, the ruler of the gods. Dressed in traveling clothes with a chlamys (short cloak) and a petasos (broad-brimmed hat), he wears winged sandals and carries a herald's staff, a kerykeion, which terminates in entwined snakes
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Terracotta lekythos, oil flask, Classical, ca, 480–470 B.C, Greek, Attic, Terracotta, red-figure, H, 13 3/8, 34 cm, width, 4 1/2, 11.4, diameter, foot, 3 1/4, 8.3, Vases, Hermes, messenger god, moves swiftly across, vase, errand, Zeus, ruler, gods, Dressed, traveling clothes, chlamys, short cloak, petasos, broad-brimmed hat, wears winged, sandals, carries, herald, staff, kerykeion, terminates, entwined snakes
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