Hercules Worstelt met Acheloüs, Anthony Tempesta, 1608 print Hercules in a fight with the river god Acheloüs for Deïanira, the daughter of the river god Oeneus. On the left, Acheloüs took the form of a serpent. In the foreground he has taken the form of a bull. On the right he is struggling with Hercules in human form. paper etching most important deeds of Hercules: the Twelve Labours. while fighting with Hercules the river-god Achelous changes himself into a serpent. Nereids, daughters of Nereus; sea-nymphs

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