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Heracles in Ancient Art

Last updated 17 April 2002. Not all images available universally due to Perseus license restrictions.

Life and Death

• Hermes and infant
• Chiron
• Heracles and Acheloos
• Heracles and Amazons
• Fight with Apollo over Delphic tripod
• Feasting with Athena
• Heracles sacrificing with satyr
• Heracles fighting with Nessus and rape of Deianira
• Another view of same theme.
• Centauromachy with Perithoos
• Heracles and Deianira
• apotheosis
• Heracles entering Olympus
• Heracles marrying Hebe

The Labors

• killing hydra
• nemean lion
• Lion better
• birds
• bull
• The man-eating horses of Diomedes
• Heracles and Kerberos and Eurystheus reacting
• Kerberos happy
• Heracles and Geryon

   

Sculptures

• Heracles as warrior, from temple at Aegina
• Fighting with Apollo from Delphi
• The Labors at Olympia (directory page)