Complex sentence: The earliest depictions date from the beginning of the sixth century BC. A Corinthian cup from Argos (now lost) shows Heracles with bow, accompanied by Hermes, threatens Hades with a stone, while Hades and Cerberus flee.
Split into simpler sentences: The earliest depictions date from the beginning of the sixth century BC. A Corinthian cup from Argos (now lost) shows Heracles with bow, accompanied by Hermes. Heracles threatens Hades with a stone, while Hades and Cerberus flee.