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Herakles’ 4th Labor: The Erymanthian Boar - Archaic Delphi - I, Around Herakles’ Labors

Bronze appliqué representing an episode from the mythological cycle of Herakles. The hero is carrying the Erymanthian boar on his shoulders as Eurystheus, the king of Argos, hides in fear in a large jar.

Both were made in a workshop of the northeast Peloponnese.

 

Bronze appliqué

High Archaic Period

Late 6th oent. BC.

Delphi, Archaeological Museum

 

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