Read the following:

• "Heracles," Chap. 20, pp.416-441, in Classical Mythology.

View the following images on-line:

Perseus

• Danaë, Perseus in the chest, Acrisius sending them away. Providence Painter, Attic red-figured lekythos (c. 480-470 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).

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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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

• Herakles and the Erymanthian Boar. Hermes is to the left. Acheloos painter (Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 510-500). Harvard Univ. Museum (Perseus Project).
• Herakles and the Erymanthian Boar. He brings the boar to Eurystheus, who cowers in a large jar. Athena is to the right. Iolaos, faithful friend of Herakles, is to the left.

  Parergon: fight with the centaurs

  • Herakles fights two centaurs. Apulian red-figured calyx krater (c. 430-420 BC). Rhode Island School of Design Museum (Perseus Project).

7. Herakles and the the Cretan Bull

• Herakles fights the Cretan bull. Attic black-figured oinochoe (c. 500-480 BC). Harvard Univ. Museum (Perseus Project).
• Same vase as above: Herakles with the Cretan bull, and Athena to the left.
• Herakles wrestles the Cretan bull, Hermes at the left. A different vase. Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 530-520). Univ. of Mississippi Museums (Perseus Project).

• Herakles fights three Amazons. Antimenes Painter, Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 530-520 BC). Univ. of Mississippi Museums (Perseus Project).
• Herakles fights two Amazons. Attic Black-figured neck amphora (c. 525-500 BC). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).
• Herakles fights two Amazons. Attic black-figured neck amphora (c. 550-525 BC). Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum (Perseus Project).

10. Herakles and Geryon

• Herakles (on the right) fighting the triple-bodied Geryon, with the giant Eurytion on the ground, and the two-headed dog Othros (brother of Cerberus). Attic black-figured amphora (c. 550-530). Harvard Univ. Museum (Perseus Project).

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).
• 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 wrestles the river-god Acheloos. See pp. 435-436. Leagros Group, Attic Black-figured neck amphora (c. 510-500 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).

Herakles and the Giant Alcyoneus

• 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)

• 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).
• Herakles fights Kyknos, with Ares to the right. Eurgides Painter, Attic red-figured kylix (c. 520-510 BC). Toledo Museum of Art (Perseus Project).