HERACLES 535Heracles and Apollo Struggle for
the Pythian Tripod. Attic red-
figure amphora attributed to
the Geras Painter, ca. 480 B.C.;
height 22 in. Heracles rushes
off holding the tripod and
threatening Apollo with his
club. He wears the lionskin
and a bow and quiver are
slung in front of him. On the
left stands Athena, wearing
the aegis and holding a crested
helmet and spear. Apollo
grasps the tripod with his left
hand (which also holds his
bow and arrows; the quiver is
on his back) and with his right
restrains Heracles' club. He
wears the laurel wreath and
hunter's clothing and boots,
appropriate for the god who
has slain Python with his ar-
rows. The deer is also a lively
hunting motif. (Collection of the
J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu,
California.)
tained the advice he had asked for, which was that he must be sold as a slave
and serve for one year.OMPHALE
Accordingly Hermes auctioned Heracles, and he was bought by Omphale, queen
of the Lydians; he served her for a year and performed various tasks for her in
keeping with his heroic character. Later versions, however, make Heracles per-
form women's work for the queen and picture him dressed as a woman and
spinning wool. At the end of his year, he mounted the expedition against Troy
and then returned to Greece, determined to punish Eurytus and to win Iole.