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Source Description
The Hydra was a multi-headed snake-monster raised by the goddess Hera that lived in the swamps near Lerna. Up to fifty heads are reported for the creature in ancient sources, but it usually is depicted with fewer, as on this vase. Herakles, accompanied by his nephew Iolaos, killed this menace as the second of the Labors he had to perform for king Eurystheus. Herakles' lion skin protected him from the snake's venom, which he later used to make his arrows poisonous.
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Document identity
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4764
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Herakles and Iolaos fighting the Lernaean Hydra
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title
Herakles and Iolaos fighting the Lernaean Hydra
description
The Hydra was a multi-headed snake-monster raised by the goddess Hera that lived in the swamps near Lerna. Up to fifty heads are reported for the creature in ancient sources, but it usually is depicted with fewer, as on this vase. Herakles, accompanied by his nephew Iolaos, killed this menace as the second of the Labors he had to perform for king Eurystheus. Herakles' lion skin protected him from the snake's venom, which he later used to make his arrows poisonous.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 500 BC (Archaic)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
lekythoi
vases
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3
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3
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import
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cm
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17.7
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6.9
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H: 6 15/16 x Diam: 2 11/16 in. (17.7 x 6.9 cm)
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Attic
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terracotta
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16418
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2089
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1
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photo
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photo
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