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Hercules, with help from Hermes and Athena, steals Cerberus from Hades Our hero has three remaining labors before he is freed from his servitude to King Eurystheus (and, by extension, Hera). If you missed Part 1, with the preceding labors of Hercules, you can read it here . Hercules fights the Giant Geryon, Mosaic Floor, 26 CE, National Archeological Museum of Spain, Madrid This task on which King Eurystheus sends Hercules is yet another suicide mission. As well, it's anoth

In my previous two posts , I discussed medieval symbolic animals which derived from real-life creatures, and then the Monstrous Races,...

Triton, ridden by Poseidon, backgammon game piece, walrus ivory, Louvre Museum, Norway or Cologne origin, late 12th c. Mythical...