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English: Old information (Encyclopaedia Britannica?):
A group by the painter Pamphaeus from a stamnos in the British Museum (No. E437) representing Heracles wrestling with the river-monster Achelous, which belongs to the age of the Persian Wars.
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Attic red-figure stamnos signed by the potter Pamphaios and attributed to the painter Oltos (ca. 530–500 B. C., according to the museum website): Heracles wrestling with Acheloos. – London, British Museum, E437.
Deutsch: Attisch rotfiguriger Stamnos mit Signatur des Töpfers Pamphaios, dem Maler Oltos zugeschrieben, um 530–510 (laut Museum): Herakles ringt mit Acheloos, auf der Rückseite: Satyr und Mänade.
Fundort: Cerveteri, Aufbewahrungsort: London, British Museum, E437.
Date between circa 530 and circa 500 BC
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 12, 1911, p. 478, Fig. 16.
Author Pamphaios (potter), Oltos (painter)
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
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