Hercules Collection (page 8)

BLUNT / HERCULES / 34 / 1849
The constellation of Hercules

Hesione Rescued
Hesione, daughter of Trojan ruler Laomedon, is chosen by lot to be sacrificed to a monster; luckily for her Herakles happens to be nearby, and he of course rescues her

Deianeira Abducted
Deianeira, wife of Herakles, is carried off by the centaur Nessus

Athena Weds Herakles
The marriage of Athena with Herakles

Antaeus and Pigmies
The Libyan giant Antaeus impresses the Pigmies, but he will eventually be defeated by Herakles, who lifts him off the ground whence he derives his strength

Herakles and the Hydra
One of his Twelve Labours is to slay the Hydra of Lerna, a denizen of the swamps, each of whose nine heads, if severed, is replaced by two more : but he manages it

Folklore / Hydra
Herakles must slay the Hydra of Nemea, whose nine heads are self- renewing : his nephew Iolaus has the answer - cauterise the necks as soon as severed

Herakles & Pillars
Herakles with the Pillars of Hercules which he set up on either coast of the Straits of Gibraltar when he went to steal the Cattle of Geryon

Herakles / Hercules
The body of the Lion of Nemea is slumped behind him

Iliad / Hecuba
The wife of Herakles, who hanged herself in remorse after sending a poisoned shirt to the husband of Iole, to punish her for making love with Herakles

HERAKLES
Greek hero, son of Zeus and Alkmene, the worlds strongest man, which he needed to be to perform the Twelve Labours for King Eurystheus, as a penance for crimes he did while mad

Herakles & Hydra 1920
Herakles slays the Hydra of Lerna whose heads - originally numbering only nine - doubled when severed : the difficulty was resolved by his nephew

Death of Herakles
The death of Herakles after absorbing the toxic blood of Nessus which was on his tunic, put there by his wife, Deianira, who thought it would help her regain his favour

Insects / Beetles / Hercules
Hercules Beetle - Scarabeus (also known as Scarab Beetle)

Hercules & Cretan Bull
Hercules captures the Cretan Bull which was given to King Minos by Poseidon. (The Minotaur was the offspring of the wife of King Minos and the Cretan bull she so admired)

Statue of Hercules, Rome
Bronze statue of Hercules is unearthed in Rome, Italy

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