This Attic vase was painted by the "painter of Berlin" (who got his name after an amphora in Berlin that ranks among his major works), circa 490 B.C., its height is 58 cm.
The Greek god Apollo is seated on a winged tripod, riding over the sea (hyperpontios), which is denoted by fish and an octopus. Two dolphins leaping over the waves accompany him. Apollo plays the lyre.

One can think of the similarity of the tripod's myth and the tripod's image coming from different ancient civilizations. Is this a mythological representation of heroes and gods by ancient's human imagination or is it originate from a secret knowledge unknown to us?