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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] God Herakles [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/0e/5c/fb/0e5cfb0d7310de383647f22fc84b2f9e.jpg[/IMG] Early Depiction of Herakles with club and lion skin Etruscan 500-400 BCE Bronze [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/36/09/a1/3609a1f014f2bd767fcad876d6bed7db.jpg[/IMG] cast bronze figure of the hero god Heracles with his club seated on a lion. Hellenistic kingdoms of Bactria or Gandhara in C. Asia or India 100 BCE-100 AD [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/1e/1c/78/1e1c7876d777013850f8ed02590cfbca.jpg[/IMG] Statuette of Herakles, 250–150 B.C., Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek). [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/20/38/89/203889add9f1ca337ba6ecb87ed046af.jpg[/IMG] This evocative Gandharan statue, is likely of Vajrapani in the guise of Herakles. Vajrapani was one of the traditional protectors of Buddha and was often depicted as a muscular unkempt figure. As Greek culture pervaded the region, Vajrapani and Herakles (Hercules) became indistinguishable. Height is 43 cm. [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/86/95/cb/8695cbaa3529b538fb7b86ea59f7aa96.jpg[/IMG] Cypriot Herakles-Melqart 5th cent.BCE limestone from Cyprus Museo Baracco,Rome [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/46/8a/1c/468a1ce41a920b2f4a8e0e3883d7d7c5.jpg[/IMG] Limestone Herakles Period: Archaic Date: ca. 530–520 B.C. Culture: Cypriot Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 85 1/2 in. (217.2 cm) [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/50/71/fc/5071fca934aa49179d1ceec5e0ee207e.jpg[/IMG] Head from a statue of Herakles, from Cyprus, Cypro-Archaic II Period (limestone) Creator Cypriot, (5th century BC) [IMG]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/4f/a1/63/4fa1639eb1cf326a2e1b4021717fdfbc.jpg[/IMG] Wk 10 Farnese Hercules, Glykon of Athens, early third century statue based on the Weary Herakles by Lysippos, 320 BCE [/QB][/QUOTE]
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