Herakles Young and Old
Both these images of Herakles come from the series
of metopes on the temple of Zeus at
Olympia, built c. 470-456 B.C. Notice how the sculptors have aged
Herakles from his first labor against the Nemean Lion, where he appears very young and
tired, to one of his last, the Apples of the
Hesperides. Notice too the traces of red paint on Herakles' forehead
in the first image.
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