Famous art museum figures show marble hercules snake statue

This sculpture hercules snake statue shows fierce battle scenes. Hercules snake statue is the greatest hero in ancient Greek mythology. Son of the god-king Zeus and Alcmene, he is born with infinite power. But because of his birth, he was hated by Zeus’ wife Hera, so he was cursed by Hera, which caused him to kill his own children in a madness. To atone for his sins, he completed 12 “impossible” tasks. hercules snake statue is one of the missions. On the way, he also rescued the bound Prometheus. Hercules snake statue hid his identity and participated in Jason’s heroic expedition, and assisted Jason in obtaining the golden fleece.

The prototype of hercules snake statue is that the great hero Hercules and his wife came to the Oyuenos River and were about to cross the river when they saw Centaur Nessos on the bank of the river. The demigod Hercules strode down the river and waded through it with ease, but his wife Deianila, as a mortal, needed Nessus’ help to cross the Styx. hercules snake statue The beauty of the woman fascinated the centaur and tried to take her away. Hercules, who had just landed, heard his wife’s cry and turned around to see the centaur monster trying to take his wife away . At this time, he pulled out an arrow soaked in Hydra’s venom from the quiver in a rage, and shot it at Nessus. The arrow fell exactly on Nessus’ body. Nessus immediately felt the pain caused by the venom, and Deianila took the opportunity to break free from his arm. hercules snake statue’s direct appearance is the reappearance of ancient Greek and Roman mythological scenes in the choice of subject matter. At the same time, the humanistic spirit behind hercules snake statue’s artistic presentation is also an ideology conveyed by sculpture.

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