Struggle between Apollo and Heracles for the Delphian tripod
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.Mid-6th century BCE. Paestum, National Archaeological MuseumPhoto by Ilya Shurygin
Struggle between Apollo and Heracles for the Delphian tripod.
Sandstone. Metope from the temple of Hera at the mouth of the river Sele.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Mid-6th century BCE.
Paestum, National Archaeological Museum
(Museo archeologico nazionale di Paestum).
Origin:
Found at the sanctuary of Hera Argiva at the mouth of the Sele.
Description:
5. La contesa del tripode delfico
In seguito al rifiuto della sacerdotessa di concedergli il responso dell’oracolo di Delfi, Eracle, in preda alla follia suscitata in lui dalla dea Hera, tenta di sottrarre ad Apollo il tripode sacro del santuario.
Credits:
© 2012. Photo: Ilya Shurygin.
Text: museum label.
Text: museum label.
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