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Searched all Perseus collections for "Hercules and the lion" 1237 results in 5 categories
Included alternate terms: Heracles Herakles Herkules Maceris Makeris
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Art objects (1114)
Images (100)
Reference articles (2)
Text sections (2)
Texts (18)
1114 Art objects
  1. Ferrara, Museo Nazionale di Spina, T682A: LEKYTHOS; ATHENS 581, CLASS OF; HERAKLES AND THE LION [Beazley Archive Vase] (18.65)

  2. Vatican City, Museo Gregoriano Etrusco Vaticano, 354: AMPHORA; GROUP E, TOWRY WHYTE PAINTER; HERAKLES AND THE LION BETWEEN MAN (IOLAOS) AND ATHENA, HERAKLES AND THE LION BETWEEN YOUTH AND WOMAN (IOLAOS AND ATHENA) [Beazley Archive Vase] (13.64)

  3. London, Market, Sotheby's: HYDRIA; LYSIPPIDES PAINTER; HERAKLES AND THE LION, HERAKLES AND THE LION, ATHENA SEATED, IOLAOS, BETWEEN ONLOOKERS, HERAKLES, ATHENA, CHARIOT, APOLLO, HERMES, WOMAN [Beazley Archive Vase] (13.04)

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100 Images
  1. Heracles and the Nemean Lion. (From a Roman Lamp.) [Image] (10.06)

  2. Louvre CA 823: Detail of the front, top: bearded Herakles grasping Nereus, a snaky monster, profile to the right; Herakles turns profile to the left, to face a lion's head [Image] (8.18)

  3. Hercules wrestling with Nemean lion: the club by his side. (From a Roman lamp.) [Image] (7.59)

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2 Reference articles
  1. Attic Black-Figure Cup Collection of Mrs. Nathan Polmer, New Orleans Attributed to a Painter of the Leafless Group [Bothmer] Ca. 500-480 B.C. Height: 6.9 cm. Diameter (without handles): 15.8 cm. Interior: Running Satyr Side A: Herakles wrestling the Nemean Lion. Side B: The like., Polmer Collection (Shapiro No. 21) [Reference article in Harvey Alan Shapiro, Art, Myth, and Culture: Greek Vases from Southern Collections] (1.05)

  2. Attic Black-Figure Oinochoe Collection of the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, the University of Texas, Austin, James R. Dougherty, Jr. Foundation and Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund Purchase (1980.33) Related to the Class of Vatican G47 520-500 B.C. Height: 13.9 cm. Herakles wrestling the Nemean Lion, Austin 1980.33 [Reference article in Harvey Alan Shapiro, Art, Myth, and Culture: Greek Vases from Southern Collections] (0.94)

2 Text sections
  1. To Heracles the Lion-Hearted [Section in Homeric Hymns (ed. Hugh G. Evelyn-White)] (12.58)

  2. HYMN TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED [Section in E. E. Sikes, Thomas W. Allen, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns] (8.75)

18 Texts
  1. Tetradrachm of Ake (2000.7.128): Obverse: Head of Heracles r. wearing lion skin headdress., Reverse: Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter. [Text] [View with Perseus links] (5.01)

  2. Silver Tetradrachm of Babylon (1965.77.128): Obverse: Youthful Heracles bust r. wearing lion skin headdress, Reverse: Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and scepter. Monogram below throne and to l. [Text] [View with Perseus links] (4.60)

  3. Silver stater of Citium (1953.148.7): Obverse: Heracles advancing r. holding club, Reverse: lion devouring stag r. within incuse square [Text] [View with Perseus links] (4.48)

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