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Zeus separates Athena and Ares while Cycnus (far right) runs away from Hercules who approaches in his chariot (only the horses are visible, far left). Attic black-figured volute-krater, ca 540–510 BCE.
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Jastrow. (2014, July 25). Scene from the Shield of Hercules. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2860/scene-from-the-shield-of-hercules/
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Jastrow. "Scene from the Shield of Hercules." World History Encyclopedia, July 25, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2860/scene-from-the-shield-of-hercules/.
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Jastrow. "Scene from the Shield of Hercules." World History Encyclopedia, 25 Jul 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2860/scene-from-the-shield-of-hercules/.
