Cesnola, Luigi Palma di [Editor]: A descriptive atlas of the Cesnola collection of Cypriote antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Band 1) (New York, 1885)

Plate LXXXIII.

544. Group, of calcareous stone. Height, 1 foot 81 inches. Found in the temple
(Golgoi).

Triple-bodied warrior (Geryon), with three shields, dressed in a short kilt; the heads,
necks, and shoulders broken away. The right arm is raised and broken off at the wrist.
Upper borders of the shields broken away. The shield on the left has a design, in low
relief, representing, on the left, Athene with shield and spear; in the centre, Perseus,
wearing a short jacket, and with sword pointed at the Gorgon Medusa, whose arms are
raised towards the head. On the centre shield a warrior, bearing a shield, with three
other figures, indistinct and mutilated. On the right shield a centaur, of archaic fashion,
with human forelegs; the head and part of the body broken away. On the kilt of
Geryon, two figures, with raised swords, combating lions. A broad belt is indicated on
the back, but is roughly finished. Only the toes of the three feet, which are advanced,
are marked separately; those at the back have been left unfinished. Remains of red
color visible on the kilt and on the three shields. Two backs of the three heads
belonging to this group were found lying beside it, and bear evidence of having been
split in two purposely.