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| A mirror holder with Herakles abducting the nymph Auge; made circa 330-300 BCE. |
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| A terracotta statuette of Herakles; made in Egypt in the first or second century CE. |
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| The First Labor of Herakles; a Black-Figured Neck amphora with Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion as the goddess Athene (Athena) looks on; made in Athens circa 520 BCE. |
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| The First Labor of Herakles; bronze statuette of Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion; Etruscan circa 425-400 BCE. |
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| The Second Labor of Herakles; killing the Hydra; with Herakles using his bow to kill the hydra; from a Red-Figured stamnos made in Athens circa 480-470 BCE. |
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| Herakles fighting the Hydra as part of his Second Labor. |
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| The Third Labor of Herakles; the capture of the Keryneian Hind; from a Black-Figured neck amphora with Herakles breaking an antler of the deer as Artemis (left) and Apollon look on; made in Athens circa 540-530 BCE. |
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| The Sixth Labor of Herakles; a Black-Figured amphora with Herakles using his sling to kill the Stymphalosian Birds; made in Athens circa 500 BCE. |
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| Herakles and the Cretan Bull as part of his Seventh Labor. |
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| The Eighth Labor of Herakles; a bronze statuette of Herakles with the horses of Diomedes; Etruscan, third or forth century BCE. |
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| The Ninth Labor of Herakles; Retrieve the Belt of Hippolyte; from a Black-Figured hydra with Herakles fighting the Amazons; made in Athens circa 500 BCE. |
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| Herakles fights with the Amazons on this Red-Figured hydra as part of his Ninth Labor; made circa 480-460 BCE. |
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| The Tenth Labor of Herakles; Taking the Cattle of Geryon (Geryones); Herakles fights with the triple-headed Geryon on this Black-Figured amphora; made circa 550 BCE. |
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| A close-up view of the above amphora. |
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| Herakles in the Garden of the Hesperides as part of his Eleventh Labor; Herakles is seated as Eros stands on his shoulder and offers him one of the Golden Apples and one of the Hesperides looks on; from a Red-Figured hydra made in Athens circa 370-360 BCE. |
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| A molded lamp with Herakles holding his club, lion skin and the Golden Apples of the Hesperides; made in Athens circa 200-250 BCE. |
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| The Twelfth Labor of Herakles; bringing Kerberos from the Underworld; from a Black-Figured amphora with Herakles leading Kerberos as Hermes (center) and Athene supervise to make sure no harm comes to Hades’ hound; made in Athens circa 490 BCE. |
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| Herakles attacks the Giant, Alkyoneos (Alcyoneus); from a Black-Figured hydra made in Athens circa 510-500 BCE. |
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| Herakles wrestling the Giant, Antaios; from a Black-Figured amphora made in Athens circa 510-500 BCE. |
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| Herakles and the Centaur, Pholos; from a Black-Figured kyathos made in Athens circa 520-510 BCE. |
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| Herakles fights Archelaos (Acheloos) for the hand of Deianeira; from a Black-Figured hydra made in Athens circa 510-500 BCE. |
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| Herakles stealing a tripod from Delphi as Apollon chases him; from a Red-Figured neck amphora made in Athens circa 470-450 BCE. |
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| The infant Herakles wrestling the snakes which Hera put in his crib; Roman bronze statuette from the second or third century CE. |
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| Herakles in some sort of conflict with Triton; from a Black-Figured neck amphora made in Athens in the sixth century BCE. |
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| Bronze statuette of Herakles; Etruscan circa 325 BCE. |
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| Bronze statuette of Herakles; Etruscan circa 250 BCE. |
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| A bronze handle with a youthful Herakles; Etruscan circa 350-300 BCE. |
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| A limestone head of Herakles; found at the Sanctuary of Apollon on Cyprus; circa 470 BCE. |
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| A limestone statue of Herakles; found at the Sanctuary of Apollon on Cyprus; circa fifth century BCE. |
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| A Red-Figured lekythos with Hera nursing the infant Herakles; circa 360-350 BCE. |
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| A Red-Figured plate with Herakles sitting on his lion skin; circa 370-360 BCE. |
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| A Black-Figured hydra with Herakles and Athene in a chariot; Herakles can be seen on the rim fighting the Nemean Lion as Athene watches; made in Athens circa 530-520 BCE. |
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| A Red-Figured bell-krater with Herakles and Nike; made circa 380-360 BCE. |
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| From a Red-Figured bell-krater with Herakles holding a knife preparing for a sacrifice; made circa 370-360 BCE. |
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| A Roman copy of a bust of Herakles by Lysippos from circa 325-300 BCE; restored by Joseph Nollekens. |
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| Another view of the above bust of Herakles. |
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| Apollon (seated in the center) watches as the infant Herakles wrestles with the snakes Hera put in his bed; Herakles’ brother Iphikles tries to flee; Hermes is on the left and Athene is on the right; from a Red-Figured calyx-krater circa 400 BCE. |
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| A close-up view of the above Red-Figured calyx-krater. |
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| Hera and Herakles on a Campanian bell krater; made circa 460 BCE. |
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| A marble bust of Herakles from the Agora Museum in Athens. |
