Heracles vs Apollo by The Berlin P.
Hercules contracted a terrible disease and journeyed to the oracle at Delphi, in hopes that the priestess there would advise him on how to cure himself. But Hercules was to be disappointed. When he questioned the Pythian priestess, she was unable to answer him in oracles. Hercules, outraged at priestesses unwillingness to help, began tearing the temple apart. When Hercules came upon the Delphic tripod, he started to make off with it, thinking that he would establish an oracle of his own.
Apollo, however, was not about to let Hercules carry off the prized tripod from his sacred site. He began to wrestle with Hercules over its possession.
The image shows the struggle for the tripod with Athena supporting Heracles.
Athenian red – figure Pelike
Attributed to The Berlin Painter by Beazley
500 – 490 BC
Rome, Villa Giulia, Museo Nazionale Etrusco
Heracles vs Apollo by The Berlin P.
Hercules contracted a terrible disease and journeyed to the oracle at Delphi, in hopes that the priestess there would advise him on how to cure himself. But Hercules was to be disappointed. When he questioned the Pythian priestess, she was unable to answer him in oracles. Hercules, outraged at priestesses unwillingness to help, began tearing the temple apart. When Hercules came upon the Delphic tripod, he started to make off with it, thinking that he would establish an oracle of his own.
Apollo, however, was not about to let Hercules carry off the prized tripod from his sacred site. He began to wrestle with Hercules over its possession.
The image shows the struggle for the tripod with Athena supporting Heracles.
Athenian red – figure Pelike
Attributed to The Berlin Painter by Beazley
500 – 490 BC
Rome, Villa Giulia, Museo Nazionale Etrusco