Naples 2506; Reinach, ii. 297 (?).
VIII. The Augean Stables.
Not found on vases.
IX. The Combat with Geryon and Capture of his Cattle.
A very favourite subject on B.F. and early vases, including some of the finest specimens. Geryon is at first winged and only three-headed, then triple-bodied, represented as three armed warriors united,[[1140]] one or two of whom generally fall wounded. Herakles attacks with bow.
Early B.F. “Proto-Corinthian”: B.M. A 487 = J.H.S. v. p. 176. Chalcidian: B.M. B 155; Bibl. Nat. 202 = Reinach, ii. 58 and 253 = Plate [XXII].
Late B.F. B.M. B 156, B 194; Louvre F 53 = Reinach, ii. 59 = Baumeister, i. p. 662, fig. 729 (Exekias); J.H.S. xviii. p. 299, and Bibl. Nat. 223 (abnormal types).
R.F. Munich 337 (Plate [XXXVIII].) = Furtwaengler and Reichhold, 22 (Euphronios); Noel des Vergers, Étrurie, pl. 38.
Late. Berlin 3258; Naples 1924 = Millingen-Reinach, 27.
The driving off of the cattle by Herakles is also represented: