A B C D E G H I K L M N O P R S T W Z Zeus, Munich, Antikensammlungen 596 There are two kinds of searches possible for this web site. The first type, which is comprehensive, involves just entering a mythological character’s name in the search box over the left menu … Continue reading Subject tags for mythological characters
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Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale RC5564: Attic black-figure neck-amphora with Herakles and Amazons; Herakles, in lionskin and with name inscribed, attacks collapsing Amazon Andromache (named) with a large sword; on the left, Amazon named Iphito attacks fallen Greek; on the right, Greek named Telamon attacks … Continue reading Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 400 upper, with art)
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Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Euripides, Herakleidai 215-17 It is my claim that as right-hand man to Heracles I once sailed with Theseus to fetch the girdle, cause of many deaths, <belonging to Hippolyta.> Greek Text ♠ Lykophron, Alexandra 1329-31 he [Theseus] went with the wild beast, the Initiate, … Continue reading Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 399, with art)
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Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♠ Epicharmos, Herakles Ho Epi Ton Zostera fr 76 – Fragments of Epicharmos cited according to G. Kaibel, Comicorum Graecorum Fragmenta 1, p. 104. Berlin 1899. Greek Text ♠ Pindar fr 172 SM – Pindarus 2, pp. 126-27, ed. B. Snell and H. Maehler. … Continue reading Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 398, with art)
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Chapter 13: Herakles Previous Page Table of Contents Next Page ♦ Nauplia, Archaeological Museum 4509: terra-cotta votive shield from Tiryns with Herakles (or Achilleus?) seizing helmet crest of an Amazon (Hipppolyte or Penthesileia?) who wears a broad belt; to upper right of Amazon, a vulture; on lower right, a second Amazon; on lower left, … Continue reading Labor IX: The Belt of Hippolyte (page 397 lower, with art)
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