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.
Herakles captures the Hind of Keryneia. Attic black-figured neck-amphora, ca. 540–530 BC. Said to be from Vulci. British Museum 1843, 1103.80. Photo by Jastrow via Wikimedia Commons.
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.
Philomela and Procne prepare to kill Itys. Attic red-figure wine cup, attributed to Makron, Louvre Cp. 929.
