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Lifting up three apples in his left hand,[1] because he had adorned himself with the tripartite nature of the soul.[2]
Herakles son of Pekos, also [called] Zeus,[3] was the best philosopher. He is depicted wearing the skin of a lion, carrying a cudgel and possessing the three apples, which the mythographers say he took after killing the dragon with his cudgel, that is to say, when he conquered the argument of his appetite, and thus he had the three apples, that is to say, the three virtues, not to be angry, not to love money, and not to be wanton: and the vestment of the lion [represents] the noble mind with which he was invested.[4]

*(hrakle/ous a)/galma, basta/zwn e)n th=| a)ristera=| xeiri\ mh=la tri/a, dia\ to\ trimere\s th=s yuxh=s kekosmh=sqai au)to/n. o( *(hraklh=s *ph/kou, tou= kai\ *dio/s, filo/sofos a)/ristos. gra/fetai de\ dora\n le/ontos forw=n kai\ r(o/palon fe/rwn kai\ tri/a mh=la kratw=n, a(/per a)fele/sqai au)to\n e)muqolo/ghsan tw=| r(opa/lw| foneu/santa to\n dra/konta, toute/sti nikh/santa to\n th=s e)piqumi/as logismo/n, kai\ ou(/tws e)/xonta ta\ g# mh=la, toute/sti trei=s a)reta/s, mh\ o)rgi/zesqai, mh\ filargurei=n, mh\ filhdonei=n: kai\ to\ peribo/laion tou= le/ontos, to\ gennai=on peribeblhme/non fro/nhma.

This entry most likely refers to the statue of Herakles, Weary Herakles or Herakles Trihesperus, which was cast in bronze by Lysippus (or those in his school at Athens) in late C4 BCE. It was transferred from Rome in C4 CE (cf. beta 157 end) and stood in the Hippodrome at Constantinople until 1205 CE, when crusaders melted it down to produce coinage. The masterpiece inspired many replicas in the ancient world, the most famous of which that has been recovered and reconstructed being the Farnese Hercules, now standing in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples; cf. Beard and Henderson (198-201).
[1] Herakles' eleventh labor involved getting the Apples of the Hesperides, which grew on a tree guarded by a dragon. See also eta 475. Assuming that the Farnese Hercules is a faithful version of the original, the Suda is mistaken here; Herakles holds the stolen apples behind his back in his right hand (web address 1).
[2] cf. ps.-Codinus, Patria Constantinopoleos 2.8a (Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum 154.18).
[3] cf. pi 1500.
[4] cf. John of Antioch fr.6.6 FHG (4.543), now 6.2 Roberto. See also John Malalas Chronographia I.14 Thurn (14-15); cf. Jeffreys et al. (9).

Elizabeth Vandiver (Modified translation; cosmetic changes; added note; raised status.) on 19 November 2000@11:40:55.
Elizabeth Vandiver (Modified translation; added cross-reference.) on 19 November 2000@12:12:20.
William Hutton (Modified translation, added keyword) on 20 November 2000@11:59:42.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 11 July 2003@10:34:19.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaking) on 18 December 2012@08:48:11.
Catharine Roth (cosmetics) on 9 August 2013@00:32:08.
David Whitehead on 29 January 2015@09:07:39.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 12 September 2018@01:09:44.
Ronald Allen (added primary note, cross-reference, and bibliography) on 30 June 2026@13:18:19.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added link) on 30 June 2026@15:41:23.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.4, added to bibliography) on 1 July 2026@11:25:13.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 6 July 2026@11:54:34.

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