| Sumario: | The Iberian monument of Pozo Moro (Chinchilla de Montearagón, Albacete) was built (ca. 500 B. C.) close to a pit located in the nearness of the Via Heraklea. In this paper I analyze the symbolic relationship that could exist between some sculpted elements of the monument and its location in the proximity of a valuable water supply in an arid environment. This analysis takes as starting point the Pozo Moro’s principal frieze, in which it is told the myth of Hercules and Cacus. For this reason, it is examined, in comparison with its Greek models, the iconography of some artistic items originating from the Italian Peninsula, contemporaries with the construction of Pozo Moro’s monument. The analysis shows that in the second half of VI century B. C., both statues in the form of seated lions and lion heads, functioned as waterspouts in the Italian Peninsula. Sometimes these waterspouts appear together with a werewolf, both associated to a type of fountain, eventually with a great size, similar to an altar. This fact allows us to identify Cacus as the wolfman represented in the stamp of rings preserved in The J. Paul Getty Museum (Malibu) and the Musée du Louvre (Paris), just like on an amphora of La Tolfa Group preserved in the Astarita Collection of the Vatican Museums (Rome).
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