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Note that they also mention the missing mantle. The paper linked from the article elaborates, compares it to other representations of Hercules holding a mantle
by thih9 3y ago
Note that they also mention the missing mantle. The paper linked from the article elaborates, compares it to other representations of Hercules holding a mantle in his left hand.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThe paper says that because the giant has a club, it is generally accepted to be Hercules. It notes that an image of Hercules should also have a lion skin, but -- despite extensive discussion of LIDAR scans showing what the image would have been in the past -- presents no evidence that the giant ever had one; it just says that, because the giant is obviously Hercules, there must have originally been a lion skin too.
- darth_avocado 3y agoThe club isn't a euphemism is it?