Hercules Receives the Poisoned Robe

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Illustration

Ibolya Horvath
by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 28 January 2020

Red-figure pottery depicting Hercules who receives the poisoned robe with Nessus' blood. c. 430 BCE

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