Oud-Grieks Stunning Heracles & Lion Carnelian Stone Intaglio

Stunning Intaglio Carnelian Stone , Ancient Greece 300-100 BC Intaglio show Heracles Fighting the Nemean Lion .Very Rare piece.The killing of the enormous Nemean lion. This lion could not be wounded by arrows or a club, which were the weapons Heracles always carried. He strangled the lion with his bare hands. Later, Heracles always wore the impenetrable hide of this lion as armor.Weight : 3.13 Gram 14.9 x 13.4 mmHigh Qualtysee image for own impression Own private collection inherited from Grandfather, who built the collection in the 1960's "No Shipping to the USA In Greek mythology, the Nemean lion, or lion of Nemea, was a gigantic beast that lived in the forests of the Peloponnese, in Argolis, Greece.It killed people and livestock wherever it encountered them and made the valley of Nemea unsafe. No one could defeat the monster because it could not be harmed by any weapon. Mythology tells us that the beast was the child of Typhon, born of Echidna.To slay this lion and bring back its skin as proof was the first task Eurystheus, king of Tiryns, assigned to Heracles, and Heracles obeyed, thus beginning his penance.For a month, Heracles hunted the lion. However, the arrows he... lees verder bij Catawiki