Herakles strangling the snakes, detail of a red-figure stamnos attributed to the Berlin Painter

The infants Herakles (center) and Iphikles (right) lie on a bed. The snakes sent by Hera wrap around Herakles' waist while he grasps their throats strangling them. A woman at the head of the bed lifts Iphikles to safety.

Attic red-figure stamnos attributed to the Berlin Painter, found in Vulci, Etruria. The infants Herakles, strangles the snakes sent by Hera. Louvre G 192. Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.

Online Resources
Wikimedia Commons
Louvre
Associated Passages
205-248
Date
c. 480-475 BCE
Medium
terracotta
Location
Louvre