THE OLIVE TREE
IN MYTHOLOGY

 

 

THE OLIVE TREE
IN MYTHOLOGY

Indoor kylix (chalice) with a red-figure representation of Hercules resting next to the olive tree (about 470 BC).

Amphora from Casalta with a red-figure representation of the kidnapping of Ippodameia by Pelopas.The goddess Athena's sacred olive tree is pictured in the background (410 BC).
Amphora from Vulci (height 58.5 cm) with a black-figure representation of the fight between Hercules and the Lion of Nemea. The goddess Athena, next to the sacred olive tree, is assisting him (520-520 BC).