LF310 -- Greek Mythology -- Fall
2001
Images of Herakles
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Herakles
1. Herakles and the
Nemean Lion
- Herakles
and the Nemean Lion. Athena is on the right. Attic black-figured neck
amphora (c. 540-530 BC). Harvard Univ. Museum (Perseus Project).
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Herakles and the Nemean Lion. Athena is on the left, Hermes on the right.
Different vase. Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 510-500 BC). Univ. of
Mississippi Museums (Perseus Project).
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Herakles and the Nemean lion. His club leans to the left and his quiver
hangs from a tree. Kleophrades Painter, Attic red-figured vase (late Archaic
period). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).
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Herakles and the Nemean Lion. From the Left: woman, Iolaos, Herakles,
lion, Athena, Hermes. Antimenes Painter, Attic black-figured hydria (c. 530-520
BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).
3. Cerynean Hind
- Herakles with the stag and Athena. Leagros Group, Acheloos Painter, Attic
black-figured amphora (Archaic period). This may represent a variant of the
myth in which the animal Heracles wrestles is a stag, not a hind. Toledo Museum
of Art (Perseus Project).
4. Herakles and the
Erymanthian Boar
7. Herakles and the
the Cretan Bull
9. The Girdle of Hyppolita
10. Herakles and Geryon
12. Herakles and Cerberus
- Herakles
leading Cerberus. From the left: Pluto, Persephone, Hermes, Cerberus,
Herakles, Athena. Attic black-figured hydria (c. 530-520 BC). Toledo Museum
of Art (Perseus Project).
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Athena, Hermes, and Herakles, leading
Cerberus. Leagros Group, Attic black-figured hydria (Archaic period).
Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).
Other Exploits
Herakles and Acheloos
Herakles and the Giant
Alcyoneus
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Herakles fights in the Gigantomachy and kills
Alcyoneus. Sleep hovers over the body of the giant. See p. 434 under military
expeditions. Leagros Group, Attic black-figured lekythus (Archaic period).
Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).
Herakles and Kyknos
(Cycnus)
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Herakles fights Kyknos. On the left, Athena aids Herakles. On the right,
Ares helps his son, Kyknos. Pelopeia, mother of Kyknos, is on the far right.
Attic black-figured hydria (c. 510-500 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus
Project).
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Herakles fights Kyknos, with Ares to the right. Eurgides Painter, Attic
red-figured kylix (c. 520-510 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).