1. Metopes on the temple of Zeus

5. Lion of Nemea, Lernaean Hydra, Hind of Ceryneia, Boar of Erymanthus, Stymphalian Birds, Augean Stables, Horses of Diomedes, Cretan Bull,Girdle of Hippolyta, Oxen of Geron, Golden Apples of the Hesperides and Cerberus.

6. The metopes on the East side

7. 12 th labour. Bringing the golden apples, fruit of immortality, from the Garden of the Hesperides Heracles holding up the sky for Atlas Atlas bringing the apples Athena helping out Golden Apples

9. The Augean Stables

10. What a job 6 th labour Had to cleanse the dirtiest stables, The Augean stables He has matured by now (beard) First depiction of this labour in art.

12. Stables Early classical elements Movement Emotion Anatomical detail Drapery Detail face, hair (on Athena & Heracles) action Archaic Arm positions? Parallel? Drapery Poses frontal,semi- profile

13. Local story

14. Athena closes the composition. ‘Strong opposing diagonals formed by his arms and legs’, Athena's parallel arm ‘a subtle gesture of support’. Athena's peplos falls in ‘broad simple folds and yet reveals the distribution of her weight’.

16. Birds Myth – 5 th Labour Heracles had to expel Stymphalian birds from Lake Stymphalus in Arcadia by scaring them with bronze castanets from Athena. Birds-bronze beaked, man- eating and large as cranes Early Classical Elements Hair, head inclination, posture, anatomical details, action-profile, overlapping limbs, transparency of drapery Comparison to Archaic Period Angular divisions,

18. Metopes on West side

19. The Nemean Lion

20. 1 st labour. Young Heracles- no beard. Depicted after the victory, resting and exhausted. An ‘after’ snapshot. Athena comforts him.

21. Cretan Bull Myth – 7 th Labour Fire snorting white bull. Wrestled and tamed by Heracles.

23. Two crossing diagonals. ‘All action’ Strain apart but heads turned towards each other. Brings the interest back to the centre. Metope filled to the corners.