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Heracles killing the lion.                             
White-figured Lekythos from Attica, Greece,            
attributed to Diosphos painters (500 BCE).             
Height 31 cm                                           
L 31
#10030123

Heracles killing the lion. White-figured Lekythos f...

Maenad with Thracian Tattoo,                           
killing Orpheus with a sword.                          
Red-figured amphora (450-440 BCE)                      
from Attica, Greece.                                   
Height 32 cm - G 436
#10030125

Maenad with Thracian Tattoo, killing Orpheus with a s...

Orpheus being killed by a Maenad.                      
Red-figured amphora (450-440 BCE)                      
(other view of 10-03-01/25)                            
from Attica, Greece.                                   
Height 32 cm - G 436
#10030126

Orpheus being killed by a Maenad. Red-figured amphora (450...

Orestes killing Aigisthos.                             
Red-figured pelike, Attic (500 BCE)                    
Height 35 cm                                           
Inv. IV 3725
#10030127

Orestes killing Aigisthos. Red-figured pelike, Atti...

Sacrifice to Apollo.                                   
Red-figured Attic crater                               
(around 430 BCE).                                      
Height 33 cm                                           
G 496
#10030128

Sacrifice to Apollo. Red-figured Attic crater...

Rivergod Achilaos as ram fighting with Heracles        
Red-figured crater (450 BCE)                           
from Attica, Greece.                                   
Height 38.5 cm                                         
G 365
#10030131

Rivergod Achilaos as ram fighting with Heracles Red-figured crater (450...

Sisyphus punished.                                     
In the background Hercules with his lion skin.         
Monumental southern Italian Greek vase (330 BCE)       
from Canossa in Apulia, Italy.
#10030168

Sisyphus punished. In the background Hercul...

Runner with gymnast's shoes and wash basin.            
Red-figured Attic cup with medallion (500-490 BCE)     
Diameter 22.5 cm                                       
G 291
#10030170

Runner with gymnast's shoes and wash basin. Red-figured Attic cup wi...

Oedipus solves the riddle of the sphinx.               
Black-figured lekythos from Thebes, early 5th BCE      
Terracotta, height: 32.1 cm, diameter: 10.8 cm         
Inv. CA 1705
#10030215

Oedipus solves the riddle of the sphinx. Black-figured lekythos f...

Young Heracles fights two serpents sent by Zeus'       
jealous wife Hera. Right: Alkmene with Iphicles and    
Amphitrion, left: Athena, ca.480-470 BCE                              
Red-figured stamnos from Vulci, H:51 cm                        
Inv. G 192
#10030216

Young Heracles fights two serpents sent by Zeus' jealous wife Hera. Righ...

Heracles fighting Cerberus, the hell-hound,            
one of his twelve labours.                             
Black-figured hydria from Caere, 530-525 BCE           
Terracotta, height: 43 cm                              
Inv. E 701
#10030219

Heracles fighting Cerberus, the hell-hound, one of his twelve labour...

Medea before Pelias. Jason has been deprived of his    
kingdom by Pelias;Jason's wife Medea takes revenge by  
talking Pelias'daughters into cutting their father up  
and boiling the body in a cauldron,as a rejuvenation.  
Red-figured pyxis, end 5th BCE.  Inv. CA 636
#10030222

Medea before Pelias. Jason has been deprived of his kingdom by Pelias;Jason'...