Further Resources: The Nemean Lion

• Read the story of Hercules and the Nemean Lion, as told by Apollodorus, the ancient writer who collected legends in his mythology handbook, the Library.
• The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was decorated with sculptures illustrating the Labors of Hercules. Look at the sculpture catalog entry for the Nemean Lion metope.
• Look at ancient coins with pictures of lions on them.
• Find out more about sacrifices in ancient Greece.
• Browse the catalog entries and see more pictures of the Boston vase with Hercules wearing the lion skin, the Mississippi black-figure vase with Hercules wrestling the lion, or the Philadelphia red-figure vase with Hercules wrestling the lion.
• Read about the crops and livestock of ancient Greece, including the herds of animals the Nemean lion terrorized.
• See the Euripides quote in context, in the play, Hercules.

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