Oud-Grieks Stunning Intaglio Stone (Herakles & Lion) Intaglio

Stunning Intaglio Stone , Ancient Greece 300-100 BC Intaglio Image : Herakles , Having abandoned his club , steps over the dead Lion towards a women who offers him a jar . Eros Flies overhead to crown the women .Extreem rare piece is high Qualety .In Greek mythology, the Nemean lion is a monster that terrorized the region around Nemea. Heracles, tasked with killing the lion as his first "labor," discovers that his weapons are ineffective against the beast's impenetrable hide. He eventually wrestles the lion with his bare hands and strangles it. He then uses the lion's claws to strip its hide and wears it as invincible armor.Weight : 12.13 Gram 31.4 x 25.8 x 6.6 mmHigh Qualty.Source : John Boardman , PL 856 , Lippold pl 36.I , Burl.Mag 1969 , 595 , Fig 35 see image for own impression Own private collection inherited from Grandfather, who built the collection in the 1960's "Invincible Lion:The Nemean lion had an impenetrable hide, making it invulnerable to any weapon.Heracles' Struggle:Heracles eventually defeated the lion by strangling it with his bare hands.The Lion's Hide as Armor:The lion's impenetrable hide became Heracles' armor, and its head became a helmet.Symbolism:Heracles' victory over the... lees verder bij Catawiki