Title

Roman statuette of Hercules strangling two snakes. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Bronze statuette of Hercules strangling two snakes sent to kill him as a child. The statuette is Roman period, from Ephesus, from the British Museum's collection.

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/CM Dixon

Reference

HRM19B79_275

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,0in x 11,5in / 5089 x 3456 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal Italy people male boy boys child children two religious country Rome religion reptile snake statue museum color colour Greece deity God Roman location British Museum statuette image studio shot artefact mythology artifact strangling goddess strangulation white background Hercules Herakles Ancient Greece Greek mythology CM Dixon TGN object Unknown Dixon CM Heracles CM Dixon Mike Dixon Epheseus CM Dixon object