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Septimus Severus Doing Something With A Lion

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Just won this

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Having a little trouble id-ing it on wildwinds. Can't seem to spot the difference in Herakles wrestling and strangling the liton

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It's Hercules wresting a lion.
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Thanks. I think strangling is a little gruesome.
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It is Hercules/Herakles, wrestling the Nemean Lion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion
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Thanks Masis
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Don't use Wikipedia for Mythology...

Most of the pages are either completely incorrect or are full of incorrect information.


Use Theoi for Greek, I haven't found a very good Roman site yet.
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Looks like the Lion is winning!
"OUCH", yelled Heracles, in a high pitched voice.
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