Hercules and Omphale. Detail of The Twelve Labours Roman mosaic from Llíria (Valencia, Spain). Flintstone. First half of the 3rd century. In the National Archaeological Museum of Spain (Madrid). It shows Hercules wearing women's clothing and holding a ball of wool (left), and Omphale wearing the skin of the Nemean Lion and carrying Hercules' olive-wood club (right).
Hercules The Twelve Labours Mosaic, Liria
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