Hercules and the Stymphalian Birds, detail of a Roman mosaic from Llíria

Hercules (left) draws his bow aiming at three of the Stymphalian birds (right), which are diving at him. Hercules wears his lion skin, a quiver is slung across his right shoulder and rests against his left hip.

Hercules hunts the Stymphalian Birds. 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

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Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
Associated Passages
205-248
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Date
200-250 CE
Medium
mosaic
Location
Museo Arqueológica Nacional, Madrid
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Wikimedia Commons