Heracles

Detail of the lower register of an Attic red-figure hydria. At far left Hygieia sits on a small hill or rock. At center, is the apple tree, a snake wrapped around it. Chrysothemis and Asterope stand to the left of the tree, Lipara to the right. Heracles sits on his lion skin to the right of Lipara; Iolaos stands behind him at far right. All the figures are identified by  Attributed to the Meidias Painter.

Attic red-figure chous (wine-jug) depicting a satyr as Heracles retrieving the apples of the Hesperides. Instead of apples, the tree has sprouted wine jugs. Found in Capua. Attributed to the Group of Berlin 2415.

Detail of an attic red-figure volute krater (mixing vessel) depicting Heracles fighting the dragon Ladon to retrieve the apples of the Hesperides. The partial figure to the right of the tree has been identified as Atlas. The krater is reconstructed and restored from multiple fragments. Attributed to the Kleophrades Painter.

Ivory game piece showing Heracles feeding Diomedes to his horses. Made in Cologne, Germany. Metropolitan Museum of Art 16.106.

Apulian red figure oinochoe with lid showing Heracles and two of the horses of Diomedes (left horse not pictured). München, Staatliche Antikensammlungen NI 9681.