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| Keywords: Greek - Handle in the Form of a Man Holding Lions - Walters 54912.jpg This handle in the form of a nude male athlete was part of a metal oinochoe or jug with a trefoil mouth many of which were manufactured in the Peloponnese renowned for its metallurgists A nude male is holding the tails of two lionesses which were attached on the lip of the vessel while trampling a gorgoneion the head of the Medusa who turned whoever looked at her face into stone His domination over the lions suggests that he is a deity perhaps the god Apollo between 550 500 BC Archaic bronze cm 15 11 6 9 1 accession number 54 912 25595 Carmichael Sale London 1926 no 330 Joseph Brummer Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1927 place of origin Corinth Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
