M19.6 HERACLES & THE NEMEAN LION
Museum Collection | University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia |
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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.