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Farnese Hercules
relief depicting the Labours of Hercules
Hercules
Hercules
Heracles fighting the Amazons
Heracles breaking the horns of the hind of Arcadia
Antoine Bourdelle: Herakles
Attic red-figure kylix by Epictetus showing Heracles slaying Busiris, c. 520 bc; in the British Museum, London.
Heracles battling the Lernaean Hydra
Antonio Pollaiuolo: Hercules and Antaeus
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Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.
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mythology. Greek. Hermes. (Roman Mercury)
Ancient Greek Gods and Demigods Quiz 
Hades. Persephone. Hades (aka Pluto or Pluton)& Persephone enthroned. God&Goddess of underworld sit. 3 headed dog Cerberus at feet. Females on harp and rebec (L)men on harps or tortured. Les Echecs amoureux, Manuscript produced 4 Louise de Savoy,15th c.
Ancient Greek Underworld Quiz