- Information
- invulnerable lion
- Son of
- 👤 Echidna 👤 Orthos (dog) 👤 the Chimaira
- Created by
- 👤 Selene
- From which is created
- 🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles
- Kills
- 👤 Apesantos (Argive I)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Nemea (Argolid) 🏛️ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid)
- Killed by
- 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🏺 the Club of Heracles 🏺 the Sword of Heracles 👤 Heracles
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Lindos (Rhodes) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Rhodes (island) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Amphora attributed to the E Group (Beazley 8244P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Belly Amphora attributed to the Painter of Tarquinia RC 3984 (CAMU Δ 2606; Beazley 340548P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Kylix attributed to the Caylus Painter (VUW 1950 A1; Beazley 6704P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (VUW 1950 A21; Beazley 6734P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Emporion Painter (CAMU Δ 646P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Marathon Group, Class of Athens 581 (Melbourne 25010; Beazley 303561P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the workshop of the Haimon Painter (CAMU Δ 2927P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Olpe attributed to the Dot Ivy Class (CAMU Δ 63; Beazley 351434P-LOD )🖌️ Attic Terracotta Lamp (CAMU Δ 484P-LOD )🖌️ Attic White-Ground Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Edinburgh Painter (Cyclades ΝΓ 2; Beazley 380861; LIMC Herakles 1902P-LOD )🖌️ Boiotian Black-Figure Kylix (Cyclades ΝΓ 381P-LOD )🖌️ Fragment of Limestone Relief from Dura-Europos (Yale 1930.321P-LOD )🖌️ Gypsum Relief from the Temple of Zeus Megistos in Dura-Europos (Yale 1938.5317P-LOD )🖌️ Gypsum and Plaster Relief from Dura-Europos (Yale 1938.5305P-LOD )🖌️ Limestone Sculpture from the Temple of Zeus Megistos in Dura-Europos (Yale 1938.5302P-LOD )🖌️ Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97P-LOD )🖌️ Roman Silver Denarius Serratus (Nicholson NM2004.259P-LOD )
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Bembina (Argolid) 🌍 Cleonai (Argolid) 🌍 Heracleia (Pontos) 🌍 Mount Apesantos (Argolid) 🌍 Mount Tretos (Argolid) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Nemea (Argolid) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia (Lindos) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid) 🏺 the Bow of Heracles 🏺 the Club of Heracles 🏺 the Lion Skin of Heracles 🏺 the Sword of Heracles 👤 Apesantos (Argive I) 👤 Athena 👤 Echidna 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Hera 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Iolaos 👤 Iris 👤 Orthos (dog) 👤 Phaia (sow) 👤 Selene 👤 Sphinx 👤 the Calydonian Boar 👤 the Chimaira 👤 the Erymanthian Boar 👤 the Lion of Parnassos💠 the Temple of Zeus (Olympia) 💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 💠 the Throne of Olympian Zeus (Olympia)
- Appears in
- 📜 Lindos Chronicle B17📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1📜 Bacchylides, Odes 13📜 Bacchylides, Odes 9📜 Hesiod, Theogony 306-332📜 Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 6, 7 West📜 Pausanias 1.27.9-1.27.10📜 Pausanias 2.15.2📜 Pausanias 3.18.15📜 Pausanias 5.10.9-5.10.10📜 Pausanias 5.11.5-5.11.6📜 Pausanias 5.25.7📜 Pausanias 5.26.7📜 Pausanias 6.5.5📜 Peisandros, Heracleia fr. 1 West📜 Pindar, Isthmian 3 1-18📜 Pindar, Isthmian 6 19-56📜 Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 18📜 Strabo 8.6.19
- Mentioned in Text
- Lindos ChronicleApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, OdesHesiod, TheogonyPanyassis, HeracleiaPausaniasPeisandros, HeracleiaPindar, Isthmian 3Pindar, Isthmian 6Pindar, Olympian 13Ps-Plutarch, On RiversStrabo