In penitence, Hercules performed 12 superhuman feats, including the slaying of the vicious Nemean lion. [ See an image of the statue ] Ancient artists often portrayed these tasks in murals and ...

The intervening centuries have left Hercules headless, but his bulging muscles are still apparent, as is his club and the skin of the Nemean lion, which, according to myth, Hercules slew as one of ...

Hercules was often depicted with the Nemean lion skin in statues and art, along with a variety of his unique weapons, but experts said finding art showing him capturing the bull is rare.

See the myth of Hercules carved into this ancient sarcophagus The Velletri Sarcophagus is a masterpiece of Roman funerary art. Fusing Asian and Greek styles, its mythological reliefs depict the ...

Archaeologists working in the town of Montaione, near Florence, Italy, recently announced the discovery of a miniature statue depicting the Greco-Roman hero Hercules. Standing just 20 inches tall ...

The secret statue of Hercules taming a lion hidden in a Leicestershire field. ... “The statue is of Hercules subduing the Nemean lion, which is the first of his 12 labours.

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether Peter Paul Rubens’s total sales are going up, and ...

After Hercules murdered his family in a fit of madness — a tragedy engendered by the goddess Hera, who hated him — the demi-god and son of Zeus was ...

Tracks the change in total value of sales, as well as the total number of lots offered and sold annually in the art market. This chart shows whether German School, 16th Century’s total sales are going ...