BLACK FIGURE CERAMIC AMPHORA CLV05800PH23

Handmade ceramic Black-figure amphora, museum copy, classic period around 530-510BC. British museum
Hercules and centaur Folos and the picking of olives

The first side of the vase depicts three olives. In the middle is a young man who hits the branches to drop the olives. To the right and left of the tree, two more young people hit the tree with their sticks. A fourth young man picks the fruits in a basket.
on the second side, Hercules and the Centaur Folos who welcome Hercules holding a large branch from which hang a hare, a fox and a bird. With his right hand he shakes hands with Hercules, who wears a small embroidered tunic, while a sword and a quiver (gourd) hang to his left.
he has his bat over his left shoulder on which his Leo hangs. Hermes sits behind Hercules, wearing a chlamys, petasos, winged boots and holding his caduceus. A deer is standing next to Folos

Hercules is the Greatest Hero of Greek mythology.
A centaur , is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.[2] in Greek mythology with the name Folos is known a Centaur, the only good and hospitable with Chiron. Folos, who was the son of Silinos and a Nymph, invited Hercules to a banquet, but in the end he was accidentally killed by his guest in a fight that ensued due to the influx of evil Centaurs.
The term hydria means a vessel of ancient Greek ceramics with an oval body, a distinct neck and a round mouth. It had a vertical handle on the shoulder, which was used for transport and two horizontal handles on the sides, which were used for lifting. The name "Hydria" is etymologically derived from water, that is, modern Greek water.

 Centaurs are creatures of Greek mythology, probably as an ideal representation of the intense weather phenomena that follow by observing the speed of the clouds. In history and art, Centaurs are depicted as anthropomorphic, with a human upper torso and an animal (equine) lower. As temperaments, however, they do not seem to be sufficiently balanced and are presented as primitive species, which owed more to their animal nature than to their human heritage.

Folos, who was the son of Silinos and a certain Nymph (and not of Ixion and Nefeli) invited Hercules to a banquet, but in the end he was accidentally killed by his guest in a fight that ensued due to the influx of evil Centaurs.

More specifically, the incident took place on Mount Foloi, the residence of Folos, shortly before or after the fourth feat of Hercules (the killing of Erymanthios Kapros). At dinner Hercules asked for wine. Folos hesitated at first, but was finally persuaded to open the common jar of the Centaurs with the old wine, which had previously been given by the god Dionysus to a Centaur with the order to open it when in the future Hercules would ask for wine.

When the jar was opened, the nearest Centaurs were attracted by the strong smell of the wine and ran to grab it. Folos was frightened by the sudden invasion of the Centaurs and hid. Hercules came into conflict with the evil Centaurs and killed many of them, while others, shooting them with his poison arrows, chased them to Maleas, where he accidentally wounded Chiron. After the battle, Folos buried all the dead Centaurs alone. However, trying to shoot an arrow from the knee of one of them (according to one version from the knee of Chiron), he pulled it with such force that when the arrow came out, it got stuck in his gut and killed him (according to Diodorus).
According to the Apollodorus Library, Folos was killed wondering one of these poisonous arrows and wondering how such a small object could kill a Centaur.

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. Hercules is the Greatest Hero of Greek Psychology. The son of Zeus and the mortal princess, Alcina, he was the strongest of all men. Exterminate wild beasts and monsters, drive out tyrants and kill evil kings. He was always fair, kind-hearted and willing to help people. He was indomitable and invincible and his achievements were unforgettable forever