Lernaean Hydra - Hercules and The Hydra in Art

Hercules and The Hydra in Art

  • Caeretan black-figure hydria (ca. 525 BC)

  • Mosaic from Roman Spain (201–250 AD)

  • Silver sculpture (1530s)

  • Engraving (1545) by Hans Sebald Beham

  • Gustave Moreau (1876)

  • John Singer Sergeant (1921)

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