Olympia, Hydra Metope (Sculpture) - Perseus Digital Library
Herakles, represented by a head fragment, a battered torso and well-preserved right calf, faced right to meet the Hydra, a many-headed snake which normally produced two new heads for …
- Collection: Olympia Archaeological Museum
- Findspot: Excavated at Olympia
- Context: From Olympia
- Title: Olympia Hydra Metope
Other content from perseus.tufts.eduSmarthistory – Metope with Athena, Herakles, and …
As Herakles’s patron goddess Athena looks on, Atlas offers the apples to the hero, who carries the heavens on his shoulders. This relief sculpture is a metope. Metopes are square panels that alternate with triglyphs on buildings that …
The LABORS of HERCULES on the TEMPLE of ZEUS
Jul 7, 2012 · THE LERNEAN HYDRA Eurystheus next sent Hercules to kill the dreaded Hydra of Lerna. This swamp monster had a huge doglike body and countless snake-like heads -- one of them immortal. So venemous was its …
10 Facts About the Hydra - Have Fun With History
Jul 20, 2023 · In Greek mythology, the Hydra was a monstrous serpent-like creature with multiple heads and deadly abilities. Born from the union of Typhon and Echidna, the Hydra resided in the swamps of Lerna. Its most famous …
Heracles’ second Labour: the Lernean Hydra | Greek …
Mar 14, 2023 · Heracles' second labour continues the theme of 'mission impossible' that will probably kill him: set by King Eurystheus of Mycenae, he must pursue and kill the Hydra of Lernea, a beast that was, again, probably …
Further Resources: The Lernean Hydra - Perseus Digital Library
Read the story of Hercules and the Lernean Hydra, as told by Apollodorus, the ancient writer who collected legends in his mythology handbook, the Library. The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was …
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Metopes, the panels on a temple between the columns and the pediment, were ideal places to decorate with sculpture; they are square, and come in sets of even numbers.
Olympia Metopes (Sculpture) - Perseus Digital Library
Those on the West follow, this time from right to left: the Amazon, the Keryneian hind, the Cretan bull, the Stymphalian birds, the Lernaean Hydra and the Nemean Lion.
Category : Temple of Zeus in Olympia - Metopa (Lernaean Hydra)
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Category : Temple of Zeus in Olympia - Metope (Hydra) - Wikimedia
English: These pieces are in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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