Chapter 13: Herakles
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♦ Adolphseck, Schloss Fasanerie 12: Attic black-figure lekythos by the Class of Athens 581; in center, Herakles in lionskin, who pushes down head of small, nude Geras; on left and right, a draped woman; in background, grapevine
Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Adolphseck, Schloss Fasanerie 1 (1956) 12, pl. 13.4-6 (with three photos)
Beazley Archive Pottery Database (with three photos that can be enlarged)
Digital LIMC and link to entry in printed LIMC (no photos)
♦ Berlin, Antikensammlung 3317: Attic red-figure pelike with Herakles in lionskin raising his club against a small winged figure of undetermined sex, whom he lifts off the ground (Geras?)
Drawing by J.D. Beazley, by permission from Beazley Archive Pottery Database (with color photos)
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC (with photo)
♦ Rome, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 48238: Attic red-figure pelike by the Matsch Painter with Herakles in lionskin leaning on his club; he is in conversation with nude, aged Geras, who leans on his staff; in front of Herakles’ face, inscription [K]LAYSEI (you will weep)
Flickr (general view and detail)
Beazley Archive Pottery Database
Digital LIMC and links to entries in printed LIMC
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Edited by Frances Van Keuren, Prof. Emerita, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Univ. of Georgia, August 2025.
