M19.1 HERACLES & THE NEMEAN LION
| Museum Collection | Musée du Louvre, Paris |
|---|---|
| Catalogue No. | Louvre G71 |
| Beazley Archive No. | 200739 |
| Ware | Attic Red Figure |
| Shape | Kylix |
| Painter | Attributed to the Euergides Painter |
| Date | ca 510 - 500 B.C. |
| Period | Late Archaic |
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Side A1: Heracles wrestles the Nemean lion as one of his twelve labours, strangling the beast in a choke hold.
Side A2: Theseus and the Minotaur (see other image). Theseus and Procrustes (not shown).
"I [Herakles] seized him [the lion] by the scruff of his iron neck, having thrown my bow to the ground with my broidered quiver. Then I throttled him mightily with my stout hands, reaching round from behind lest he lacerate my flesh with his claws." - Theocritus, Idylls 25.150
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