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The child Hercules with the serpent
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The child Hercules with the serpent

White marble, first half of 1st cent. A.D.
Pompeii, House of D. Octavius Quartio
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 2932

Small, precious statue of the child Hercules, shown in the act of strangling the serpent with his right arm.