Z26.1A HERAKLES & THE HESPERIDES

Museum Collection: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spain
Catalogue Number: TBA
Type: Mosaic
Context: --
Date: C3rd AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

The Twelve Labours of Herakles: the hero plucks the golden apples from the tree of the Hesperides. He wields a club against the guardian drakon coiled around the trunk.