Hercules strangles two snakes in its cradle, The history of Hercules (series title), Fragment of a tapestry with Hercules: the snake strangulation. In a landscape with tall flowering plants on a green background there is a view into a blue room, where on the tiled floor there is a small bed with child, according to the inscription, HERCULES. Above Hercules a snake in the shape of a blue-green dragon, on the floor next to the bed the second ditto, both gurgling under the strangling force of Hercules hands. Above a grid window a vault starter, half a tipper visible on the back wall. The roof has

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Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
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