Herakles and the Stymphalian birds, attributed to the Diosphos Painter
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Herakles and the Stymphalian birds. Attic black-figure amphora attributed to the Diosphos Painter, Louvre F 387. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol via Wikimedia Commons.
Herakles and the Stymphalian birds. Attic black-figure amphora attributed to the Diosphos Painter, Louvre F 387. Photo by Bibi Saint-Pol via Wikimedia Commons.
Hypnos and Thanatos (Sleep and Death) carry the body of Sarpedon off the battlefield while Hermes watches. Red-figure calyx krater by Euphronios (painter) and Euxitheos (potter).Formerly Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia L.2006.10, now in the Museo Nazionale Archeologico Cerite. Photo by Jaime Ardiles-Arce via Wikimedia Commons.
Hades and Persephone holding court from their palace. Detail from an Apulian red-figure volute krater attributed to White Sakkos Painter, Antikensammlung Kiel Inv. B 585. Photo by Marcus Cyron via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
Herakles presents Cerberus to a frightened Eurystheus hiding in a giant pot. Detail of a black-figure Caeretan hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter, Louvre E701.
Medea demonstrates her alleged ability to reverse aging by producing a young ram from the pot in which she boiled butchered pieces of an old ram in a magic potion. Black-figure neck amphora, British Museum 1837, 0609.62. Image via the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Zeus, Herakles, and Athena fight the giants. Detail of a black-figure amphora in the style of the Lysippides Painter, British Museum 1839,1109.3. Image via the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Herakles battles Hippolyte. Detail of a red-figure neck amphora, J. Paul Getty Museum, Tampa 82.11.1. Image via the Perseus Project.
Herakles and Iolaos fight the Hydra. Detail of a black-figure Caeretan hydria attributed to the Eagle Painter. The J. Paul Getty Museum 83.AE.346. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.
Herakles fights Geryon while Eurytion sits wounded. Attic black-figure amphora attributed to the E Group, discovered in Vulci. Louvre N3506. Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen via Wikimedia Commons.
Herakles presents the Erymanthian Boar to Eurystheus while Hermes and Iolaos look on. Black-figure amphora attributed to the Antimenes Painter, Louvre F 202.