Z26.1I HERACLES & ERYMANTHIAN BOAR
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid |
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Catalogue No. | Madrid 38315BIS |
Type | Mosaic |
Context | Llíria |
Date | C3rd A.D. |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
Heracles delivers the Erymanthian Boar to King Eurystheus. The hero carries the boar upside down across his shoulders, his club cast to one side. The king cowers in a half-buried pithos jar. This scene is part of a larger mosaic depicting the Twelve Labours of the hero.