Labor of Heracles : the Nemean Lion | Greek vase, Athenian red figure stamnos

M19.6 HERAKLES & THE NEMEAN LION

Museum Collection: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Catalogue Number: Philadelphia L-64-185
Beazley Archive Number: 201712
Ware: Attic Red Figure
Shape: Stamnos
Painter: Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter
Date: ca 490 BC
Period: Late Archaic

SUMMARY

Side A: Herakles wrestles the Nemean lion, grasping it by the neck and strangling.
Side B: Herakles& the Kretan bull (see other image)

NOTEThis image is montage of two photos of the vase.

ARTICLESLeon Nemeios

OTHER IMAGES OF VASE

         
 
 
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