Hercules and the Golden Apples, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) plucks an apple from a tree (center) with his left hand. He wears his lion skin and carries his club in his right. Three of the Hesperides look on from the background (right).

Hercules stealing the Golden Apples from the Hesperides. Detail of The Twelve Labours Roman mosaic from Llíria, Spain. Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid 38315BIS. Photo by Luis García via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0

Online Resources
Wikimedia Commons
Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Associated Passages
205-248
524-532
1100-1121
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Date
200-250 CE
Medium
mosaic
Location
Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Image Credit
Wikimedia Commons