Amphitryon Collection

Papilio tydeus (Amphitryon butterfly, Papilio amphitryon). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw

DRYDEN / AMPHITRYON / SOCIA
Mr Woodward in the character of Socia Date: 1690

Scene from Molieres play, Amphitryon, first performed in 1668. It was based on a Latin comedy by Plautus. In it, Amphitryon goes off to war, leaving his wife Alcmene at home

Moliere / Amphitryon
AMPHITRYON Sosie : Who goes there ? Date: 1668

Birth of Herakles
Although she is the wife of Amphitryon, Zeus himself is the father of Alcmenas son Herakles

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