A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum (1893)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Birch, S. (Samuel), 1813-1885, Newton, Charles Thomas, Sir, 1816-1894 · London, Printed by W. Nicol [etc.] · leaf 21
n I. lolaosand warrior. * See Reisch, Athen. Mittheil. xii. (1887), p. 121. 14 CATALOGUE OF VASES. /. B 621. Oinocho6. Heracles to 1., face to r., holds lions head under 1. arm, and forces itsjaws open with r. hand. Lio7i on one leg to r., with head twisted back, r. fore-pawon Heracles arm,… … Fig. 23. = B 318. (2) Heracles in stooping position : see Fig. 23. Heracles stoops forward and strangleslion, with arms round its neck ; lion raises 1. hind-paw against Heracles foreheadto push him off. This type is more common on the shoulder of hydriae andexterior of kylikes, where a frieze-like…
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