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:
B.M. E 104; Reinach, ii. 58, 5; and see Klein, _Euphronios_, p. 61.
Besides the scenes in which Herakles is evidently capturing the girdle, there are many vases on which he is seen in combat with Hippolyte and other Amazons, such as Andromache or Alkaia, assisted himself by Iolaos or Telamon.
B.F. B.M. B 154, B 426; Louvre E 875; Cambridge 44; _Bourguignon Sale Cat._ 18 (Exekias); Berlin 3988 = _Coll. Sabouroff_, i. pl. 49.
R.F. B.M. E 45; Reinach, i. 166; Bibl. Nat. 535 = Reinach, ii. 265; Bologna 322; Reinach, i. 353 = _Wiener Vorl._ vii. 4, 1 (Duris).
The various types and methods of representing this subject have been collected in _J.H.S._ xviii. p. 296; as typical examples may be given:
Early B.F. Louvre E 701 = Reinach, i. 153; Reinach, i. 389, ii. 32.
Late B.F. _J.H.S._ xviii. p. 295 (in B.M.); Reinach, ii. 69.
R.F. _Jahrbuch_ viii. (1893), pl. 2 (in Berlin) and p. 160 (in Boston).
Late. On several of the “under-world” vases, see p. 68, Nos. 1–4, 11.
XII. _Fetching the Golden Apples from the Garden of the Hesperides._
There are two versions of this myth. In one, which seems to be the earlier, Atlas fetches the apples, while Herakles supports the universe for him (see above, p. 75). The vases representing Herakles in the Garden surrounded by the Nymphs (for whom see p. 92) are almost all of the later period:
B.F. Benndorf, _Gr. u. Sic. Vasenb._ pl. 42, 1.
R.F. B.M. E 224 = Furtwaengler-Reichhold, 8–9 (Plate XLI.).
Late. B.M. F 148; Naples 2873 = Millin-Reinach, i. 3 = _Wiener Vorl._ viii. 12, 3 (Assteas); and Naples 3255 = Reinach, i. 236 = Baumeister, i. p. 686, fig. 745.
Parody. Athens 1894 = Reinach, i. 506 (?).
Besides the somewhat insignificant part that he plays in the Gigantomachia,[1141] Herakles had several independent combats of his own with gigantic monsters and such-like beings. Of these the most popular subjects are Antaios and Alkyoneus. The legend of Herakles’ wrestling with the former is familiar from Pindar[1142]; on the vases Antaios is not characterised as a giant in size or otherwise, but his mother Gaia is generally present.[1143]