Amphora with Herakles and the Boar in the Getty Villa, July 2008

Storage Jar with Herakles Carrying the Erymanthean Boar
Greek, made in Athens, about 510 BC
Terracotta
Black-figured neck amphora attributed to the Leagros Group as painter.

Inventory # 86.AE.83

Herakles was sent on his labors by King Eurystheus of Mycenae and Tiryns. One of the labors was to capture a fierce boar that ravaged the countryside around Mount Erymanthos. Here Herakles presents the beast to King Eurystheus, with Athena looking on. The frightened king hides in a large jar.

Text from the Getty Villa museum label.