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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Francisco de Goya | |||||||
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Hercules fighting the lion(s) Explanation: Relief - Small - Hercules Fighting the Lion Wall Relief Art ... Hercules tracked down the beast and cornered it in a cave. Shown on this wall hanging is Hercules ... Home > WALL DECOR > Relief - Small > Hercules Fighting the Lion Wall |
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fighting the wild animals Explanation: In the legend, he actually fought and captured a wild lion and a wild boar. See link for the story. Reference: http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/heracles.html |
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Hercules clubbing beasts Explanation: Fantastical Creatures and Magical Beasts - Google Books Result Shannon Knudsen - 2009 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 48 pages As Hercules clubbed off another head of the Hydra, Iolaus used the torch to burn ... Hercules clubbed it off the Hydra's body, but the head remained alive. ... books.google.com/books?isbn=0822599872... |
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Heracles shown club raised / clubbing beasts Explanation: His exploits included tackling a variety of animals (centaurs, stags etc) as well as lions so might be safer to say beasts. The 'classic' posture shown is club raised ready to strike |
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Hercules battling with the beasts Explanation: that's how I'd say it ...clashing |
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Reference: Nemean Lion Reference information: An educated guess - and it's about beasts rather than wild animals Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion |
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