Heracles and Lernean Hydra

In its 'second labour' the hero Hercules had the mission to kill a monstrous hydra which attacked the herds in the Peloponnese region of Lerna.

No seu 'segundo trabalho' o heroico Hercules tinha por missão matar uma hidra monstruosa que atacava os rebanhos na região peloponésica de Lerna.

Gustave Moreau (1826-1898)-'Heracles and Lernean Hydra'-oil on canmvas-1876    Chicago-Art Institute

Antonio del Pollaiolo (ca 1430-1498)-'Heracles and Lernean Hydra'-tempera on panel-ca 1475    Firenze-Galleria degli Uffizi

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)-'Heracles and Lernean Hydra'-oil on canmvas-1921    Boston-Museum of Fine Arts

Eagle painter (6th century BCE)-'Herakles, Iolaos, and the Lernean Hydra (on the belly)'-hydria-etruscan-(black figures)-ca 525 BCE    Malibu-J. Paul Getty Museum (83.AE.346)

Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)-'Hercules slaying the Hydra'-1545    Private collections (from Labours of Hercules 1542-1548)

Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra

In his second work, Heracles faces the Lernaean Hydra and manages to put an end to its existence, for the benefit of the local people.

No segundo trabalho, Heracles enfrenta a Hidra de Lerna e consegue por fim à sua existência, para benefício das populações locais.

Attr. To the Eagle painter-'Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra'-(black figure)-hydria-Caere-ca 525 BC   Malibu-J. Paul Getty Museum (83 AE 346)

Attr. Diosphos painter-'Athena, Heracles attacked by the crab and the Lernaean Hydra'-attic-(black figure)-lekythos-(500-480 BC)   Paris-Musée du Louvre (CA 598)

Attr. Syleus painter-'Heracles fighting the Lernaean Hydra'-attic-(red-figure)-stamnos-(550-500 BC)   Palermo-Museo Archeologico Regional (V 763)

Prometheus painter-'Heracles, Iolaus and Lernaean Hydra'-attic-(black figure)-amphora- (560-555 BC)   Paris-Musée du Louvre (E 851)

Attr. Kleophrades painter-'Heracles 2nd labor'-attic-(red-figure)-volute krater-ca 490 BC    Malibu-J. Paul Getty Museum (77 AE 11)