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GREEK BRONZE HERAKLES HOLDING THE HORN OF ACHELOOS A club in his left hand, a lionskin over his left arm. Herakles loved Deianira, the daughter of King Aeneus. The river god Acheloös wanted her as well. They wrestled for her, the god changing himself into a bull which Herakles defeated and tore out one of his horns. Nymphs came forward filling it with fruits and this he gave to his bride: the cornucopia. Southern Italy, 4th-3rd Century BC H. 4 3/4 in.(12 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2003, no. 32 Art of the Ancient World, 1995, no. 28 PBC41 $8,500 Sales |
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