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English: Boncompagni Ludovisi Collection.
Luni marble. On the front of the sarcophagus are depictions of nine of the twelve lablours of Hercules, following the chronological suquence established by ancient texts: the victory over the Nemean Lion, the combat with the Lernean Hydra and the Erymanthean Boar, the capture of the Cerynean Hind, the hunt for the Stymphalian Birds, the victory over Hyppolyta, queen of the Amazons, the cleaning of the Aegean stables, the capture of the Cretan Bull, and finally taming the Mares of King Diomedes. At the centre of the composition is the hero sculpted in the act of shooting arrows as the Stymphalian Birds - his face is that of the individual buried in the sarcophagus. The identification with Hercules, a god symbolising victory over death, is intended to highlight the virtues cultivated in life by the deceased. The portrait, less finely executed than the rest of the work, may date to AD 240-250. |
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