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Attic Red-Figure Kalpis, about 470 BC. Water Jar with Herakles Wrestling the Nemean Lion. Additional Info: As the first of his twelve Labors, the Greek hero Herakles had to slay the Nemean Lion, a monstrous beast that was ravaging the countryside around the city of Nemea. Since weapons were of no use against the creature’s impenetrable hide, Herakles' only option was to strangle it.