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title: Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis
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# Hercules Fighting Death to Save Alcestis
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## Image File
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## Image Caption
[Hercules](https://www.worldhistory.org/hercules/) Fighting [Death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) to Save [Alcestis](https://www.worldhistory.org/Alcestis/) by Frederic, Lord Leighton, 1869-71 CE.
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## License & Copyright
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