Reposted by @pajaray.bsky.social
This detail of an Attic black figure vase shows Heracles killing the Nemean lion. With its head twisted back, its flailing paw & its startled eye, it’s a brutal image. This was Heracles’ first labour and where he acquired his distinctive lionskin cloak.
🕰️c530 BC
🏛️ ANU Classics Musuem
📷 mine
