Black figure neck amphora of the Princeton Group with Hercules fighting the Nemean Lion

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Black figure neck amphora of the Princeton Group with Hercules fighting the Nemean Lion
Black figure neck amphora of the Princeton Group with Hercules fighting the Nemean Lion ( Attic c. 540 BC )

Dimensions

33.20cm high (  13.07 inches high)

Provenance

Formerly Coll. Alfred E. Mirsky (1900-1974).

Description / Expertise

On both sides Hercules is represented fighting the Nemean Lion. He strangles the lion with his left arm and grasps its upper jaw with his right hand. The scene is commented on by a woman in peplos with a lance and a hoplite in heavy armour. The scenes are almost identical, the main differences being the signs on the shields of the warriors, one of which is decorated by a cock, the other by a large eye.