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In this specific scene, Reynolds painted Hercules as a baby in his cradle fighting off the two snakes sent by Hera, Zeus' wife who was jealous of the infant. Zeus had proven himself unfaithful numerous times unto Hera and she decided to take her revenge by killing his latest illegitimate child by the mortal Queen Alcmena.
Hera, wife of Zeus, arranged for two snakes to be sent to kill Hercules (Greek: Heracles) when he was still a small child. This was because Hercules was born to Alcmena by Zeus, and Hera was jealous. Hercules was too strong for the serpents and killed them both.
Provenance. Exhibition History. Title: Infant Hercules Strangling Two Serpents. Maker: Moderno (Galeazzo Mondella) (Italian, Verona 1467–1528 Verona) Date: late 15th–early 16th century. Culture: Italian. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in. (8.6 x 7.5 cm.) Classification: Medals and Plaquettes. Credit Line: Gift of Ogden Mills, 1926.
Oct 26, 2022 · When Heracles was eight months old, Hera sent two giant snakes to their chambers. Heracles, even at a young age, was, able to grab and strangle the snakes. In Thebes, Heracles married King Creon’s daughter Megara. Hera, still spiteful, induced a fit of madness in Heracles and he killed his children.
The picture represents Hercules strangling snakes in his cradle. It is a fresco detached from the walls of the private apartments of the Prince Meli Lupi at the beginning of the 19th century...
2 The story of Heracles Heracles, whom the Romans call Hercules, usually carries a club and wears a lionskin. From the moment he was born he was hated by Hera, the queen of the gods, because he was the son of her husband Zeus. When he was a baby she sent two snakes to kill him in his cot, but he strangled them with his bare
Zeus appeared to the mortal woman Alkmene in the form of her husband Amphitryon, and Herakles was born from their union. Zeus' wife Hera, infuriated by Zeus' infidelity, sent two snakes to kill the child but Herakles, who had super-human strength from birth, easily killed the snakes in his cradle.
