Struggle of Heracles against the Nemean lion. (Goddess Athene on the right; coachman Iolaus on the left.) Red-figure amphora. Attic. By the Exekias Painter. Clay. Ca. 550 B.C. Height 40.5 cm. Berlin, State Museums.

Struggle of Heracles against the Nemean lion.
(Goddess Athene on the right; coachman Iolaus on the left.)
Red-figure amphora. Attic.
By the Exekias Painter.
Clay. Ca. 550 B.C.
Height 40.5 cm.
Berlin, State Museums.

Credits:

© Photo, text: G.R. Maier. GOSUDARSTVENNYE MUZEI BERLINA. GDR. Albom.
Per. s nem. E.I. Larionovoi i E.I. Marchenko. M.: “Izobrazitel’noe iskusstvo”, 1983, kat. No. 55.
Photographer G. Murza.

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