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Illustration
A statue by Giambologna depicting Hercules fighting the centaur Nessos following the latter's attack on Hercules' wife Deianeira as they crossed the river Evenus. 1599 CE (Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy).
License
This image was first published on Flickr.
Original image by Mary Harrsch (Photographed at the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence). Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 05 October 2012 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Cite This Work
APA Style
Florence), M. H. (. A. T. L. D. L. (2012, October 05). Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessos. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/912/
Chicago Style
Florence), Mary H. (. A. T. L. D. L. "Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessos." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 05, 2012. https://www.ancient.eu/image/912/.
MLA Style
Florence), Mary H. (. A. T. L. D. L. "Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessos." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 05 Oct 2012. Web. 25 Apr 2019.