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Creation Year
1978
Image ID
DH.078
Subcollection
DH: Delphi
Abstract
Pediment depicting a dispute between Hercules and Apollo over the Delphic Tripod. Zeus stands in the center and attempts to mediate the dispute.
Description
Directly above the east frieze (DH.77) sits this pediment, depicting a struggle over the Delphic Tripod. In the central three figures, we see Apollo (left) and Hercules (right) each pulling at the tripod, while the middle figure, identified as Zeus, attempts to mediate. Apollodoros relates a story that fits the scene, where Hercules, overcome with illness, seeks the Oracle for help. At the Oracle's refusal to speak, Hercules siezed the tripod and attempted to leave before being stopped by Apollo and eventually Zeus. Artemis stands behind Apollo holding his waist, and in the far left of the image is a horse, part of a team pulling a chariot. The figures on the right behind Hercules are tentatively identified as Athena and Iolaos, who stand before a pair of rearing horses. All of the figures are carved in high relief, with the back wall receding and leaving the torsos free standing.
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed July 1978. Notes written on the slide or index: Siphinian Treasury's E. Pediment: Dispute between Apollo + Hercules.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Delfoi, Greece
Keywords
Pediment, Marble, Sculpture, Apollo, Artemis, Zeus, Gods, Hercules, Tripod, High Relief, Relief Sculpture, Human Figures, Sixth Century BC, Archaic Period, Siphnian Treasury, Delphi Archaeological Museum
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