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🎨 Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97)

Date (ca. 470-457 BCE); identification of scene (Heracles' twelve labors): Digital LIMC.
Alternative name
Olympian Metopes
Source subtype
Relief sculpture
Period
Early Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)
Place of recovery
🌍 Olympia (Elis)
Location of public display in antiquity
🏛️ the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
UNESCO status
In a collection or on the market prior to ratification
Collection
Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας / Archaeological Museum, Olympia
Inventory number
East 1-6; West 1-6
Artifact URL
http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11041 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11042 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11043 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11044 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11045 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11046 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11047 http://www.limc-france.fr/objet/11048 http://data.perseus.org/artifacts/sculpture/Olympia+Metopes
LIMC catalog references
Amazones 97; Athena 529; Atlas 9; Herakles 1705; Herakles 1919; Herakles 2040; Herakles 2133; Herakles 2190; Herakles 2265; Herakles 2302; Herakles 2338; Herakles 2419; Herakles 2507; Herakles 2591; Herakles 2683; Hermes 523; Kerberos 4
Digital LIMC URL
https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/qdPlhk4pWYKO7p2c_ZQ02Q8 https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/QPXqM25uW7aSlOGQQWc5igx https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/aR9qgHLzXduOxdYKreuAkAd https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/A0_wGngPWUOVYfGer=jQxQi https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/zD0IGB2VVVS7xpNu1y4WIAL https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/OsKsBSi=W1Oe6=PqmdUOxAF https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/nXKMgsr5Uv6tv4ryZLbbTAv https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/PwKLDuSvWhmHODBHg6ZJLQR https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/w9a6P0j0V6OHMptldTyQzw0 https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/_nQUUhbWV4KSispFeXkpIgs https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/SCrI=JJwVXG4YT6hYbvd6Ag https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/GJOXGNALWGurUGd_nau1ewE
Wikidata
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19120881
Has depictions of
👤 Athena Olympian goddess👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 the Nemean Lion invulnerable lion👤 Atlas holds up the sky as punishment🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides👤 Cerberos (dog) three-headed guardian dog of the underworld👤 Hermes Olympian god🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis) at Elis👤 Hippolyte (Amazon I) Amazon queen, owner of the war belt sought by Heracles🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of Heracles👤 the Cretan Bull Heracles' seventh Labor👤 the Hydra killed by Heracles👤 the Cerynitian Deer golden-horned deer sacred to Artemis👥 the Stymphalian Birds Heracles' opponents🏺 the Bow of Heracles weapon of Heracles, later given to Philoctetes👤 the Erymanthian Boar boar captured by Heracles👤 Eurystheus assigns Heracles his labors🏺 the Jar of Eurystheus hiding spot👥 the Mares of Diomedes man-eating horses👤 Geryon son of Chrysaor
Reported to have depictions of
👤 Atlas holds up the sky as punishment👤 the Cerynitian Deer golden-horned deer sacred to Artemis👤 the Cretan Bull Heracles' seventh Labor👤 the Erymanthian Boar boar captured by Heracles👤 Geryon son of Chrysaor👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero👤 the Nemean Lion invulnerable lion👥 the Stymphalian Birds Heracles' opponents🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte obtained by Heracles🌍 Erytheia (unlocatable) unlocatable location, kingdom of Geryon, sometimes identified on the Atlantic coast of Spain🌍 Knossos (Crete) city in Crete👤 the Hydra killed by Heracles🏛️ the Stables of Augeias (Elis) at Elis👤 Diomedes (Thracian) Thracian king, owner of man-eating horses
Described by
📖 Pausanias 5.10.9-5.10.10
Commentary
Date (ca. 470-457 BCE); identification of scene (Heracles' twelve labors): Digital LIMC.
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