Eurystheus instructs Hercules to perform a series of tasks thought to be impossible, including slaying the Nemean lion and the nine-headed Hydra, cleaning the Augean stables in a single day ...

186 x 162 cm. (73.2 x 63.8 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Here are some prominent mythological stories related to Leo: One of the most famous stories associated with Leo is the myth ...

25.3 x 19.4 cm. (10 x 7.6 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

where an image of the deceased appears in the central panel surrounded by Hercules vignettes: The demigod wrestles with the Nemean lion and fights the many-headed hydra. The magnificent ...

Experts identified the legendary hero based on the lion hanging from his left hand and a club, which was found in fragments. According to myth, one of Hercules’ 12 labors was to slay a Nemean ...

Despite no cranium on the Greek hero, the statue included details from Hercules’ mythic 12 labors, including the skin of the Nemean lion and the severed head of the Cretan bull. Archaeologists ...

He is muscular and wields a large club and is almost certainly Hercules. The creature he is battling is more mysterious. The lower body looks to be the Nemean lion, slain by Hercules as part of ...

Leo the lion is central in myths: Hercules' Greek Nemean Lion, Jesus as the Lion of Judah, the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egyptian myth, Hindu goddess Durga’s protective lion, and Chinese 'foo ...