Hercules defeats the Mares of Diomedes, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules wearing his lion skin (left) holds one of the Mares of Diomedes by the neck with his left hand. In his right he holds his club preparing to swing. Behind them two mares can be seen already lying on the ground. A young man can also be seen on the ground about to be trampled.

Hercules subdues the man-eating Mares of Diomedes. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria, Spain. Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid, 38315BIS. Photo by Luis Garcia via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Associated Passages
205-248
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Date
200-250 CE
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mosaic
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Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
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Helios, detail of a metope from the Temple of Athena at Ilion

Helios (left) drives a four-horse chariot, the horses (right) rearing onto their hind legs. Helios' head is framed by a halo of rays.

Helios driving his chariot. The chariot itself is not depicted, it was perhaps rendered in paint, now lost. Plaster cast of marble original, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина) II.1.i.934. The original is in the Pergamonmuseum, Berlin  LV 21, 1 (LG)). Photo by Shakko via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина
Associated Passages
125-136
838-863
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Image
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Date
300 - 280 BCE
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Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
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Herakles and the Golden Apples, detail of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia

Herakles stands (center) arms raised above his head supporting the sky. He is approached by Atlas (right) who offers him the golden apples of the Hesperides. Athena (left) stands behind Herakles helping him hold up the sky with her left hand.

Herakles supports the sky with the help of Athena, while Atlas offers him the golden apples of the Hesperides. Metope east 4, Temple of Zeus at Olympia. Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας L 95. Photo by Joanbanjo via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. 

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Digital LIMC
Associated Passages
63-74
524-532
1100-1121
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Date
c. 470-456 BCE
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Marble
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Archaeological Museum of Olympia
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Hercules slaying the Hydra, detail of the Twelve Labors from a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Heracles (left) grasps the Hydra (right) by one of its many necks while it coils its tail around his left leg. Hercules raises his club in his right hand, preparing to strike.

Hercules attacks the Hydra, while it coils its tail around his leg.  Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid, 38315BIS. Photo by Luis García via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0

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Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Associated Passages
30-45
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Image
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Date
200-250 CE
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mosaic
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