Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) ca. 500 B.C. Attributed to the Diosphos Painter Obverse, Hera sending out Iris with the Nemean lionReverse, Herakles wrestling the Nemean lionThe very rare representation on the obverse depicts a story preserved in Hesiod's Theogony. Hera, queen of the gods, sends out Iris, the divine messenger, with the lion that will ravage the region of Nemea. On the other side, Herakles wrestles with the lion as Athena stands by to assure a successful outcome.. Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) 256598
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