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GODS AND MYTHS

Hercules / Myths / Exploits / Hercules and the ox of Theiodamas
Hercules / Worship / Persons bringing sacrifices to Hercules

LITERATURE

Ancient / Philostratus of Lemnos / Imagines, Cycles / Translation by Blaise de Vigenère, first published 1615
Ancient / Philostratus of Lemnos / Imagines, II, 24 (Theiodamas)

RITUAL

Sacrifice / Animals / Bull

Further details

Philostratus's text describes how Hercules took one of the oxen of Theiodamas and ate it whole; the image depicts this scene only in the background, but in the foreground the sacrifice of an ox to Hercules in memory of this feat

Artist or creator

Franco-Flemish

Date

1629 published, engraving cut ca 1607-1613

Location

London, Warburg Institute

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Book, text or document (source of image)

Philostratus of Lemnos. Les images ou tableaux de platte peinture des deux Philostrates, sophistes grecs, et les Statues de Callistrate, tr. Blaise de Vigenère. Paris. 1629. Page: 494.
View this reference in the Warburg library catalogue.

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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