Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze
Height: 4 cm - 1,57 inches
Width: 8 cm - 3,15 inches
Length: 1,5 cm - 0,59 inches
Weight: 84 g
The
Nemean Lion was a legendary creature in Greek mythology that ravaged
the area of Nemea. Its fur was impenetrable by the weapons of humans and
hence, was unstoppable. It was considered to be the child of Typhon and
Echidna, father and mother of all monsters. Other accounts mention Zeus
and Selene as its parents.
Slaying the Nemean Lion was the first
task that King Eurystheus asked of the demigod Heracles during the myth
of the Labours of Heracles. One version has it that the lion kidnapped
women from Nemea and kept them in its lair, in order to lure warriors.
When the brave warrior would see the woman, she would turn into a lion
and kill him. Heracles reached a nearby city, where he met a young boy;
the boy told him that if he killed the lion within thirty days, then a
lion would be sacrificed to Zeus. Otherwise, the boy would sacrifice
himself.
Heracles tracked down the lion and tried to kill it by
shooting arrows. He realised though that it was no use because of its
impenetrable fur. He then waited until the lion entered its lair from
one of the two entrances. He then blocked off the second entrance, and
entered the cave as well. There, he managed to kill the lion by
strangling it with his bare hands. He then tried to remove the skin from
the lion but his knife was unable to cut it. After a lot of effort, the
goddess Athena decided to help him, and told him to use one of the
lion's claws to skin the creature. Heracles emerged victorious on the
thirtieth day after he had met the boy.
ΘEO 116B ΛΙΟΝΤΑΡΑΚΙ - 4,22