ID: 901000279 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000279	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Heracles and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative)

Note: Narrative and a "labor" of Heracles, wherein he was required to slay a vicious monster-lion who was terrorizing a population and who could not be killed with arrows or other mortals' weapons. Heracles stunned the creature with his club and then strangled it using his enormous strength. According to Herodotus, there were European lion populations in ancient Greece until they became in the 1st century BCE.

Names:

	Heracles and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Hercules and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek narratives> (P)
		............Story of Heracles (Greco-Roman narratives) (I)
		................Heracles and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Heracles
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Heracles (Greco-Roman character)) [901000042]

	actor is .... Nemean Lion
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Nemean Lion (Greco-Roman character)) [901000041]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... killing
	.....(public and interactive activities, physical activities by specific context, physical activities, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Heracles and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative)
	................GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 94L321 Hercules chokes the Nemean lion ...
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)
	Hercules and the Nemean lion (Greco-Roman narrative)
	................Grant and Hazel, Who's Who in Classical Mythology (1993)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/207010
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Hercules," accessed 13 July 2017