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Heracles slaying the Nemean lion. Detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria (Spain). The Nemean lion (/ n ɪ ˈ m iː ə n /; Ancient Greek: Νεμέος λέων, romanized: Neméos léōn; [1] Latin: Leo Nemeaeus) was a monster in Greek mythology that lived at Nemea. Eventually, it was killed by Heracles (Hercules). Because its golden fur was ...
There he met a boy who said that if Heracles slew the Nemean lion and returned within 30 days, the town would sacrifice a lion to Zeus, but if he did not return within 30 days or if he died, the boy would sacrifice himself to Zeus. Another version claims that he met Molorchos, a shepherd who had lost his son to the lion, saying that if he came ...
Heracles and the Lion of Nemea is a lekythos which is held at the Louvre Museum, with the representation of the first of the labours of Hercules, the slaying of the Nemean lion. It is coming from Athens, dated around 500 – 450 BCE [1] and it was bought for Louvre Museum at 1870. It was probably created from the shop of a Tanagran artist.
Hercules and the Lion of Cithaeron (German fireback, 17th century) The Lion of Cithaeron [a] was a lion in Greek mythology which harassed the lands of king Amphitryon and king Thespius or of king Megareus. Some myths say that it was killed by Heracles, while others say it was slain by Alcathous of Elis.
According to a legend, the mythical hero Hercules founded the city [3] after his victory over the Lestrigones, a population of giant cannibals living in southern Lazio.The town coat of arms features the white Nemean lion, which Hercules slew in the first labor.
A Roman gilded silver bowl depicting the boy Hercules strangling two serpents, from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century CE, Altes Museum. In Rome, Heracles was honored as Hercules, and had a number of distinctively Roman myths and practices associated with him under that name.
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The statue represents the hero Heracles as a beardless Lysippic [1] [2] [3] youth grasping the skin of the Nemean lion with his club upon his shoulder. The work was discovered in 1790 in Tivoli, Italy , on the site of Hadrian's Villa , where many fine Hadrianic copies and pastiches of Greek sculptures had been discovered since the 16th century.