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M19.6 HERACLES & THE NEMEAN LION

Heracles & Nemean Lion | Attic red figure vase painting
DETAILS
Museum Collection University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia
Catalogue No. Philadelphia L-64-185
Beazley Archive No. 201712
Ware Attic Red Figure
Shape Stamnos
Painter Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter
Date ca 490 B.C.
Period Late Archaic

DESCRIPTION

Side A: Heracles wrestles the Nemean lion, grasping its snout and strangling it in a choke-hold.
Side B: Heracles and the Cretan bull (see other image).

This image is montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLES

Nemean Lion

OTHER IMAGES

Thumbnail Heracles & Cretan Bull

K3.1B Triptolemus