Illustration
Heracles is depicted in an aggressive pose, holding the club in his right hand and the bow in his left.
From the sanctuary of Apollo Ptoios on the Ptoon Mountain, Boeotia.
Argeian workshop. 480-460 BCE. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).
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