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The drunken Hercules
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The drunken Hercules

White marble, 1st cent. B.C. - 1st cent. A.D.
Herculaneum, House of the Stags
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 75802

This statuette portrays the drunken Hercules, a subject widely represented in the Hellenistic Age.