File:Fresco depicting Hercules discovering his son Telephus in Arcadia.jpg
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English: This large - and somewhat enigmatic - wall fresco from the basilica at Herculaneum depicts Hercules finding his son Telephus in the mountains of Arcadia. A naked Hercules - his highlighted buttocks turned slightly towards the viewer - watches his infant son suckle from a doe, next to an eagle (symbol of Zeus and Rome). Hercules carries a bow and quiver under his arm, standing in front of a larger than life god or goddess, seated on a rocky outcropping. This deity appears to wear a woman’s tunic, with an apricot colored cloak over both shoulders; additionally, he or she holds onto a staff made of plant matter - a thyrsus? He, because I think it’s Dionysus, is wreathed, and has a basket of fruit (notably with lots of grapes) next to his seat, with a young satyr looking over his shoulder. A winged female is slightly above Hercules and points to his son.
Other candidates for the deity, besides a crossdressing Dionysus, are a personification of Arcadia (no other ones are known, so this is real speculation), and Athena Alea. From the Augusteum (basilica) of Herculaneum, circa 70 CE. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples (inv. 9008) |
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Author | Chappsnet |
Camera location | 40° 51′ 12.92″ N, 14° 14′ 57.72″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 40.853588; 14.249368 |
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Longitude | 14° 14′ 57.73″ E |
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File change date and time | 14:30, 1 June 2024 |
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