Terracotta lekythos (oil flask)
Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter
Charon, Hermes, and youth
Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased, toward Charon's boat. Charon wears the clothing typical of a Greek workman—the exomis, a tunic that is fastened on one shoulder and leaves both arms free and bare, and a cap with a narrow brim.
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