Hercules and The Hydra in Art
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Caeretan black-figure hydria (ca. 525 BC)
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Mosaic from Roman Spain (201–250 AD)
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Silver sculpture (1530s)
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Engraving (1545) by Hans Sebald Beham
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Gustave Moreau (1876)
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John Singer Sergeant (1921)
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“I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
Such gallant chiding; for besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta: never did I hear
Such gallant chiding; for besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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