Herakles bekämpft die Harpyien, 1500. Dürer 1471-1528. Neue Pinakotek, München

Kopf des Herakles. Kopie nach einer Statue des 2.

Jahrhunderts v. Chr.Glyptothek, München

Herakles. Ostgiebel des Tempels von Ägina.

Glyptothek, München

Kopf des Herakles. Kopie nach einem griechischen Vorbild, wohl von Lysipp um 370 v. Chr. Glyptothek, München.

0314: Omphale. Statue from 200 BC. Archaeologie Staatssamlung

Heracles. Roman marble copy of Greek original from 340 BC. Archaeologie Staatssamlung

Hercules Farnese. Marble copy of Greek original, 320 BC. Archaeologie Staatssamlung

0725: Heracles and Antaeus.Österreich

ische GalerieBelvedere, Wien

0832: Hercules & Omphale, 1770-80. Painting by Gaetano

Gandolfi 1734-1802. Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

Hercules and theNemean lion,

1580. Paul von Praun's art

workshop 1548-1616.

Germanisches Nationalmuseum,

Nürnberg.

1020: Heracles. Work from Florence, 16C.Städtische Galerie-

Liebighaus, Museum alter Plastik, Frankfurt.

Shield of Heracles, 1832-42. Work in bronze by

Ludwig von Schwanthaler1802-1848.

Städtische Galerie-Liebighaus,

Museum alterPlastik, Frankfurt.

Herkules and Antaeus, 1531. Painting by Hans Baldung 1484/85-1545. Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel.

Hercules and the Hydra, 1918-19. Statue by Rudolph Tegner, 1873-1950Rudolph Tegners Museum

Heracles and the wild boar (fire-gilt bronze), 1918-19. Statue by Rudolph Tegner, 1873-1950. Rudolph TegnersMuseum

Heracles dancing with Omphale, 1927. Statue by RudolphTegner, 1873-1950. RudolphTegnersMuseum

2312: Hercules and Achelous 1590. Cornelis Cornelisz, called Cornelisvan Haarlem 1562-1638. Gemälde Galerie Kulturforum, Berlin.

3408: Herakles, Antaios und Nereus. Terracotta. Frankreich 1730-50.

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.

3805: Christian Griepenkerl (1839-1916): Befreiung durch Herakles.Griepenkerl-Gemälde im Treppenhaus des Augusteums. Augusteum,

Oldenburg.

Noël Hallé 1711-1781: Hercule et Omphale1759. Palais des Beaux-arts, Lille

Sebastiano Ricci 1659-1734: Hercule filant aux pieds d'Omphale, vers1701. Musée de Picardie, Amiens

Peter Paul Rubens1577-1640: Der

trunkene Herkules von einer Nymphe und

einem Satyrn geführt.Gemäldegalerie Alte

Meister, Dresden.

Hercules. Frederiksborgmuseet (Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på

Frederiksborg Slot), Copenhagen

Jens Adolph Jerichaü 1816-1883: Hercules and Hebe, 1845. Ny

Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

Hercules. Roman statue.Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek,

Copenhagen.

Hercules, 1C AD. NyCarlsberg Glyptotek,

Copenhagen

Herakles fra Sabinerne.Latium 2 - 1 aarh. f. Kr. Ny

Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen

Gustave Moreau

1826-1898:Diomède

dévoré parses chevaux, 1865. Musée

des beaux arts, Rouen.

Gaspare Diziani1689-1767:

Hercule aux pieds d'Omphale, vers1756-1760.Musée d'Art etd'Histoir

e,Genève.

Hercules. Graeco-Roman marble statuette in the Townley collection.Hyalograph drawn by F. Walens.

Gaspare Diziani 1689-1767: L'Enlèvement de Déjanire, vers 1750-60.Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève.

Herm in the form of Heraclesfrom Thespies, 1st C BC. Archaeological Museum,

Thebes

Red-figured vase from thepolyandrion of Thespiai, 424 BC. Archaeological Museum, Thebes

Small vase for perfumed oils in the shape of Herakles' head from a particular production of Attic

workshops at the end of the 6C BC. National Archaeological Museum,

Athens.

Relief. Herakles resting under a plane-tree. 2C AD. From Athens.

Copy of a 3C BC original. National Archaeological

Museum, Athens

Rödfigurigt blandkärl, krater med Herakles.Syditalien 400-

talet f.kr.Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm

Hercules finds his sonTelephus in Arcadia.Ercolano, Basilica.

National Archaeological Museum, Naples.

Dish with Hercules and

Antaeus, about 1540. Tin-glazed andenamelled

earthenware. Victoria and

Albert Museum, London.

Plate showing wrestling withAchelous about 1540-45. Tin-

glazed andenamelled

earthenware. Victoria and

Albert Museum, London.

Pier Jacopo Alaribonacolsicalled Antico

Bonacolsi, about 1460-1528: The

infant Hercules and the serpents.

Bronze. Victoria and

Albert Museum, London.

Lucas Faydherbe 1617-1697: Hercules. Victoria and

Albert Museum, London

Ludovico Carracci: 1555-1619: Hercules and the

Hydra. Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Hercules. Marble. Made in the 2nd century AD. British

Museum, London

Young Heracles. Roman copy of a work of the 4th century BC.

British Museum, London

Colossal statue). Hercules.Pentelic marble. About AD 120-150. British Museum,

London

Kopf einer Statue des Herakles. Kranz aus Blättern der Pappel.

Freie Kopie nach griechischem Vorbild

(330/320 v. Chr.) 1. Jh. n. Chr. Glyptotek,

München.

Heracles, c. 470 BC. Archaeological Museum,

Olympia

Herakles 'Lansdowne'. Fra Hadriansvilla i Tivoli Skopas, Graesk, midt 4årh f. Kr. (Romkopi) Malibu, J. P.

Getty Museum (Royal Cast Collection, Copenhagen).

Fra statuen 'Herakles Farnese'.Lysippos. Graesk hellenistisk sen

4. årh. f.Kr. Romersk kopi.Napoli, Museo Archeologico

(Royal Cast Collection, Copenhagen).

The Life and Times of HerculesStories about the gods, called myths, were made up thousands of years ago. Was there a real

Hercules, a man behind the stories? We will never know. Yet, his story is of a man who was so strong and courageous, whose deeds were so mighty, and who so endured all the hardships that were given to him, that when he died, Hercules was brought up to Mount Olympus to live with

the gods. Hercules was both the most famous hero of ancient times and the most beloved. More stories were told about him than any other hero. Hercules was worshipped in many temples all over

Greece and Rome. Berlin F 2278, Attic

red figure kylix, c. 500 B.C.

Side B: Hercules, carrying his club and wearing his lion skin,

walks with a procession of gods and goddesses to Olympus.Photograph by Maria

Daniels, courtesy of theStaatliche

Museen zu Berlin,Preußischer

Kulturbesitz:Antikensammlung

Louvre G 192, Attic red figure stamnos, c. 480-470 B.C.

The baby Hercules wrestles with the snakes Hera has sent to his crib.

Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the Muséedu Louvre

Toledo 1952.66, Attic black figure lekythos, c. 510 B.C.Hercules sneaks up on a sleeping giant, Alkyoneus

Hercules on the PyreHercules got married a second time, to the beautiful Deianira. When Hercules was returning from his last adventure, Deianira gave him a

welcome-home present. This was a cloak which she had woven herself.Deianira had a magic balm which a centaur had given to her. The centaur

told Deianira that anyone who put on the balm would love her forever. But actually the balm contained a caustic poison.

London E 370, Attic red figure pelike, c. 440-430 B.C.Hercules trades in his old lionskin for the new cloak Deianira has woven him.Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London

When Hercules received the cloak and tried it on, his body immediately began to burn with excruciating pain. He tried to pull the cloak off, but the pain burned even harder and deeper. Death, thought Hercules, would be better than unendurable pain. Bellowing in agony, he asked his friends to build a huge pile of wood on the top of Mount Oeta. This would be Hercules' funeral pyre. He laid himself upon the pyre, and told his friends to light it. As the fire began to burn Hercules alive, the great gods looked down from Olympus. Zeus said to Herathat Hercules had suffered enough. Heraagreed and ended her anger. Zeus sent Athena to take Hercules from the pyre, and she brought Hercules to Olympus on her chariot. Munich 2360, Attic red figure pelike, c. 410 B.C.Athena and Hercules leave the funeral pyre, headed for Mount Olympus