. probablyerroneous, and it is likely that the attributewas borrowed from Heracles with the lyre,which is a favourite representation in Greekart, alluding probably to songs of victory be- longing to a HpaK\7)S KaWiviKos. Herculeswas worshipped at Rome in the round templeof H. Victor in the Boarium and at the AraMaxima near it, on which a tithe of the spoilstaken in war was dedicated to him as god ofvictory. A peculiar point in the ritual of thistemple was the exclusion of flies and dogs ( 33; Solin. i. IOj. Whether this ta
. probablyerroneous, and it is likely that the attributewas borrowed from Heracles with the lyre,which is a favourite representation in Greekart, alluding probably to songs of victory be- longing to a HpaK\7)S KaWiviKos. Herculeswas worshipped at Rome in the round templeof H. Victor in the Boarium and at the AraMaxima near it, on which a tithe of the spoilstaken in war was dedicated to him as god ofvictory. A peculiar point in the ritual of thistemple was the exclusion of flies and dogs ( 33; Solin. i. IOj. Whether this taboohas the same origin as the Arcadian deity Myi-agrus and the Elean Myiacores, who deliveredthe people from plagues of flies (Paus. viii. 26,7 ; Plin. x. 75), is not very certain. It is remark-able with regard to the position of Hercules asgod of victory that the Salii at Tibur werepriests in the temple of Hercules Victor. Forthe priests of Hercules at Rome, see PinariaGens.—In art Heracles is represented with apowerful frame and small head, having a club. Farnese Hercules. or a bow, and usually with a lion-skin, but itshould be noted that this lion-skin does notappear on any representation earlier than theend of the sixth century , which agreeswith the theory that the epic of Pisander ofRhodes markB the time when there was a greatdevelopment and increase in the myths ofHeracles, partly from Phoenician and Egyptianinfluence. The lion-skin is sometimes drawn,like a cowl, over the head, especially on coins ;bat the favourite type of Heracles is that of apowerful bearded man, naked, but with the lion-skin hanging on his arm or worn like a beardless type is also common at variousdates. The famous Farnese Hercules byGlycon, showing Heracles leaning on his cluband (probably) looking down at Tulephus, is| with good reason thought to preserve the -Mi- 402 HEEAGLEUM tude and characteristics which were adoptedand popularised by Lysippus. Heracleum (Hpa/cAeiov), the nam
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