FIG. 125. HERAKLES AND THE NEMEAN LION (BRITISH MUSEUM).
We may also note here a curious B.F. vase, on which Herakles is seen in the forests of Nemea preparing the lion’s skin for his own wear.[[1138]]
II. The Cretan Bull.
Type: Herakles seizes the bull from the front and ties its legs with a cord.
B.F. B.M. B 309; Berlin 1886, 1898; Helbig, 31; Reinach, ii. 55, 5 = Baumeister, i. p. 660, fig. 727.
R.F. B.M. E 104; Wiener Vorl. 1890–91, pl. 7, 2 (Nikosthenes, in Boston) = Röm. Mitth. v. (1890), p. 324.
Late. Berlin 3145 = Millingen-Reinach, 11; Athens 1931.
See also a very remarkable vase in Forman Sale Cat. No. 305 (now at Boston), where the same subject appears each side, one B.F., the other R.F. (by Andokides).[[1139]]
III. The Erymanthian Boar (see Klein, Euphronios, p. 87).
(1) The capture: