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Stone relief from Arsameia (Nemrut region, Turkey) depicting Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70 - c. 38 BCE) shaking hands with Hercules. The Commagenian ruler is shown wearing a belted tunic, cloak and a four-lobed dagger. Herakles carries...

Athena, Hercules, and a two-headed Cerberus, with a mane down his necks and back. Hermes (not shown in the photograph) stands to the left of Athena. Attic black-figure amphora from Kameiros (Rhodes), c. 510 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Sarcophagus depicting The Labors of Hercules. Ludovisi Collection. Palazzo Altemps. Rome, Lazio, Italy. 3C CE.

Marble bust of Hercules, Roman copy after Greek original, 117-118 CE, made for Hadrian for his villa at Tivoli. (British Museum)

This bowl is part of the so-called "Hildesheim Silver Treasure" and depicts a medallion of the baby Hercules battling snakes sent by Hera. The Hildesheim treasure, consisting of more than 70 pieces, is one of the most substantial and...

This sardonyx cameo depicts a man in profile looking to the left. Perhaps, he is Hercules. Skilful Roman cameo-carvers exploited the tonal contrast of some stones. This could be a simple two-tone contrast or a more subtle variation using...

A Celtic coin from the Iron Age Balkans. Silver, 2nd-1st century BCE. The obverse shows Dionysos while the reverse shows a stylised Hercules holding a club and lion skin. (British Museum, London)

Attic black-figure funerary amphora depicting Heracles wrestling down the Centaur Nessos, from a tomb in Athens, 620-610 BCE. (National Archaeological Museum of Athens)

Heracles depiction of Vajrapani as the protector of the Buddha, 2nd century AD Gandhara, British Museum.

The Latin inscription at the base of the statue dates it back to 238-241 CE. This statue was erected by the Roman legion defending the city of Hatra against the Sassanian invasion. Hercules holds a cup in his left hand and a lion's skin...