Attic black-figure: Nessos Painter’s name vase. Late 7th century, Ancient Greek, currently located at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

Herakles fights Nessos (neck); two Gorgons flee Perseus (not shown). A third, already decapitated, falls forward. The speed of the Gorgons’ escape is indicated by their tightly flexed limbs and by dolphins – indicating the sea – swimming in the opposite direction.

Source: Beazley Archive, University of Oxford

Source: beazley.ox.ac.uk

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