Erymanthyan boar hunt

To Eurystheus, king of Argos, Hercules performed his twelve labors, of which this was the fourth. Out of cowardice Eurystheus used to hide himself in a bronze jar from which his orders were conveyed to Hercules by the refugee Copreus. The wild boar had taken refuge in Erymanthos (now Olonos), a mountain of Arcadia and Elis. Hercules caught the boar, tied it with an iron chain and took it alive to the city of Mycenae.

Para Euristeu, rei da Argólida, realizou Hércules os seus doze trabalhos, dos quais este é o quarto. Por cobardia, Euristeu escondia-se num jarro de bronze donde transmitia as ordens a Hércules pelo refugiado Copreus. O javali vivia refugiado em Erimanto (atual Olonos), montanha da Arcádia e Élida. Hércules apanhou-o, atou-o com uma corrente de ferro e levou-o vivo à cidade de Micenas.

Rycroft painter-'Heracles throwing the Erymanthyan boar on Eurystheus'-attic-(black-figures)-amphora-(515-500 BC)

Painter of London 213-'Heracles and the Erymanthyan boar'-attic-(black-figures)-550 BC-Vulci   London-British Museum (B 213)

Unknown painter-'Erymanthyan boar'-attic-(red-figures)-cup-ca 510 BC   Paris-Musée du Louvre (G 17)

Andocides (potter) Lysippides (painter)-'Erymanthyan boar'-attic-(black-figure)-oinochoe   London-British Museum (B 492)

Laurent Delvaux (1696-1778)-'Heracles and the Erymanthyan boar'-terracota-1768   Brussels-Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts

Calydonian boar hunt

Artemis intended to destroy the region of Calydon because Oineus had ignored the goddess at the time of the first fruit offerings to the gods. In retaliation, she sent a giant boar or wild board. Meleager, the king's son, managed to kill the animal and, as a trophy, offered its skin to Atalanta.

Artémis teve a intenção de destruir a região da Calidónia por Oineus a ter ignorado na oferta dos primeiros frutos aos deuses. Para se vingar enviou um gigantesco javali ou porco-montês. Meleagros, filho do rei, conseguiu mata-lo e, como trofeu, ofereceu a sua pele a Atalanta.

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)-'Calydonian boar hunt'-oil on canvas-(1611-1612)   Malibu-J. Paul Getty Museum

Naucratis or hunt painter-'Calydonian boar hunt'-laconian-(black-figure)-cup-ca 555 BC   Paris-Musée du Louvre (E 670)

Giulio Romano (1498-1546)-'Meleager and Atalanta'-engraving by Franc Loving-1773

Unknown-'hunt for the  Calydonian boar'-frieze   Oxford-Ashmolean Museum

Kleitias painter-'Calydonian boar hunt (detail)'-attic-(black-figure)-volute krater-(570-560 BC)   Firenze-Museo Archeologico Nazionale (vase François-Florence 4209)