Hercules slaying the Nemean lion, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) grapples with the Nemean lion (right). The lion rears up on his hind legs while Heracles wraps his right arm around the lion's muzzle. Heracles' club lies abandoned above the lion.

Hercules grapples with the Nemean lion. Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid, 38315BIS. Photo by Luis García via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Online Resources
Wikimedia Commons
Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Associated Passages
30-45
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Date
200-250 CE
Medium
mosaic
Location
Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Image Credit
Wikimedia Commons