Hercules and Achelous; Herchepinge by Publius Ovidius Naso. Page from a book with text on recto and verso and an image at the start of book 9. Hercules with the lion's skin struggles with the river god Acheloüs. It takes various forms during the fight. Left wrestles Hercules with a bull, right with a snake. Hercules decreases a horn from the bull. In the background a group of nymphs makes a cornucopia of the broken horn.

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