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PLATE II.
apples; and he stands in a bold erect attitude, as if elated by the
success of his enterprise. Of the club, which appears to have been
held downwards, only a part remains in his right hand. The places
from which the lion's skin has been suspended on the right arm,
are very visible; several pieces of the skin are still preserved in this
collection, but they are too much mutilated to be replaced.
We observe in the features of this Hercules the same expression
of character as is given to him on the coins of Tyre, (6) a city in
Phoenicia; and there can be little doubt that it is the Tyrian
Hercules who is here represented. The Tyrians appear to have
been one of the earliest people who paid divine honours to Hercules,
and a temple of very remote antiquity, which was erected to him at
Tyre, is commemorated by Herodotus(7) and other writers.(s)
In most of the ancient representations of this last labour of
Hercules, the subject is treated with great simplicity. The hero is
generally represented holding the apples in his hand, unaccompanied
by any other emblem or allusion to the story connected with them.
Suidas remarks the practice of representing Hercules in this parti-
cular manner. (9) It is thus that we see him in the celebrated
Farnese statue; and the bronze statue of him which stood in the
6 Pcllerin, Recueil de Medailles dc Peuples et de Villes, torn. n. pi. lxxxiii. fig. 36.
7 K«» QeXoov ds tovtoov wept o~a$eg ti e'tievui e£ u>v oiov rs rp, hr\ewra xai e; Tvpov Tijf <J>o;vix>jj,
rnvQavopsvo; avToSi eivai igov 'HpxxXeo; ayxov-Ij \oyov; is lAflcov toi<7( Ipsvo-i tov (jeov eipopriv
oxo'o~o; xpovos sir} e£ ov (rtyi to Ipov ISpvTai. evpov he ovhe tovtov; to~io~i 'EAAvjin 0-vjj.ipepojxevovs. efaaav
yip clpciTvpop 0'ixiZofAEvy xa) to ipov tov Qsov Ihpvv^vm' elvai he hea atp1 ov Tvpov o\xeovo~i, Tpiyxo'o-ix
xa) ho-ylXvj.. Hcrodoti Hist. lib. ii. 44.
8 "Ecm ydg ev Tvpcu lepov 'Hpux\eov$ TiaXaiOTarov wv [Mr\p-t\ avfysow/i/)) hiao-wgeTM, ov tov
'Apyelov 'Hpax\sov:, tov Ttj; 'AKx^vr^. woWali yap yevsal; irpoTipov ti\w.tm ev Tugai 'Hpuxhr\c,
fj Kahpov ex <Poivlxri; opprfiivTa. Qrj§u; xuTao-yilv, xa\ tt,v voidx KaS/xa; t^v ^epie^v yevecrQar l£
rj; xa) o tov Aio; Atovvao; y'mrai. Arrian. de Exped. Alexand. lib. ii. c. 16.
Ka) eo~Ti tpoL xa) ev "S,vplrj, ov napcmolh to~i{ A'tyvTiTioio'i ]o~o%(>oveovTaf twv lycu TrAeiara <w«)7r«,
to ye tov 'HpaxXeo; to ev Tvpa>} ov tovtov tov 'UpaxXso;, Toy"EAA>jV£j asi'Soutri, aAAa tov eyvo Xeyco
stoAAov Lq^MOTzpoc, xa.) Tvpio; rjpca; sari. Lucian. de Syria Dea, 3.
s Kai ypa.Qovo-1 hopav Xsovto; ^.oqovvru, xa) ponakov (fepovTU, xa) y \h\\a xpanvvTa. Suidas
in voce HPAKAHS.
apples; and he stands in a bold erect attitude, as if elated by the
success of his enterprise. Of the club, which appears to have been
held downwards, only a part remains in his right hand. The places
from which the lion's skin has been suspended on the right arm,
are very visible; several pieces of the skin are still preserved in this
collection, but they are too much mutilated to be replaced.
We observe in the features of this Hercules the same expression
of character as is given to him on the coins of Tyre, (6) a city in
Phoenicia; and there can be little doubt that it is the Tyrian
Hercules who is here represented. The Tyrians appear to have
been one of the earliest people who paid divine honours to Hercules,
and a temple of very remote antiquity, which was erected to him at
Tyre, is commemorated by Herodotus(7) and other writers.(s)
In most of the ancient representations of this last labour of
Hercules, the subject is treated with great simplicity. The hero is
generally represented holding the apples in his hand, unaccompanied
by any other emblem or allusion to the story connected with them.
Suidas remarks the practice of representing Hercules in this parti-
cular manner. (9) It is thus that we see him in the celebrated
Farnese statue; and the bronze statue of him which stood in the
6 Pcllerin, Recueil de Medailles dc Peuples et de Villes, torn. n. pi. lxxxiii. fig. 36.
7 K«» QeXoov ds tovtoov wept o~a$eg ti e'tievui e£ u>v oiov rs rp, hr\ewra xai e; Tvpov Tijf <J>o;vix>jj,
rnvQavopsvo; avToSi eivai igov 'HpxxXeo; ayxov-Ij \oyov; is lAflcov toi<7( Ipsvo-i tov (jeov eipopriv
oxo'o~o; xpovos sir} e£ ov (rtyi to Ipov ISpvTai. evpov he ovhe tovtov; to~io~i 'EAAvjin 0-vjj.ipepojxevovs. efaaav
yip clpciTvpop 0'ixiZofAEvy xa) to ipov tov Qsov Ihpvv^vm' elvai he hea atp1 ov Tvpov o\xeovo~i, Tpiyxo'o-ix
xa) ho-ylXvj.. Hcrodoti Hist. lib. ii. 44.
8 "Ecm ydg ev Tvpcu lepov 'Hpux\eov$ TiaXaiOTarov wv [Mr\p-t\ avfysow/i/)) hiao-wgeTM, ov tov
'Apyelov 'Hpax\sov:, tov Ttj; 'AKx^vr^. woWali yap yevsal; irpoTipov ti\w.tm ev Tugai 'Hpuxhr\c,
fj Kahpov ex <Poivlxri; opprfiivTa. Qrj§u; xuTao-yilv, xa\ tt,v voidx KaS/xa; t^v ^epie^v yevecrQar l£
rj; xa) o tov Aio; Atovvao; y'mrai. Arrian. de Exped. Alexand. lib. ii. c. 16.
Ka) eo~Ti tpoL xa) ev "S,vplrj, ov napcmolh to~i{ A'tyvTiTioio'i ]o~o%(>oveovTaf twv lycu TrAeiara <w«)7r«,
to ye tov 'HpaxXeo; to ev Tvpa>} ov tovtov tov 'UpaxXso;, Toy"EAA>jV£j asi'Soutri, aAAa tov eyvo Xeyco
stoAAov Lq^MOTzpoc, xa.) Tvpio; rjpca; sari. Lucian. de Syria Dea, 3.
s Kai ypa.Qovo-1 hopav Xsovto; ^.oqovvru, xa) ponakov (fepovTU, xa) y \h\\a xpanvvTa. Suidas
in voce HPAKAHS.