Hercules ahoga a Anteo que se oponia a su transito para Africa · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Hercules ahoga a Anteo que se oponia a su transito para Africa
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; North Africa
Description: This image depicts Hercule fighting Antaeus. Hercules was on his way to complete his eleventh labour, and he came across Antaeus, the son of Gaia and Neptune. Antaeus challenged anyone who passed him to a wrestling match. Antaeus was invincible so long as he kept his feet touching the ground, so Hercules lifted him off the ground to beat him. This image depicts Hercules lifting Antaeus off the ground.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25032
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)
Image: mta_25032_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Antaeus; Hercules; Mythology; Gods; Goddesses; Twelve Labours