Italy. Pompeii. House of the Vettii. Young Heracles strangling the snakes, sent by Juno, before the eyes of Alcmena, Amphitryon and his father (Jupiter is depicted as an eagle, flown down to the altar). Fresco, 60-79 CE. Campania.

1ST CENTURY A. D. • 1ST CENTURY AD • 1ST CENTURY • 79 AD • ALCAEUS • ALCIDES • ALCMENA • ALCMENE • ALTAR • AMPHITRYON • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ROME • ANCIENT • ANIMAL • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ANTIQUE • ART • ARTFORM: FRESCO • ARTWORK • BABY • BREASTFEEDING • CAMPANIA • CENTAUR NESSUS • CHILDHOOD • CITY • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLASSIC • CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY • CULT • DEATH BY STRANGLING • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DEIANIRA • DEJANEIRA • DEJANEIRA, HERACLES'WIFE • DEJANEIRA, NESSUS • DEPICTION • DISPUTE • DIVINE • EAGLE • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EXEDRA • FORCE • FORTIFICATION • FRESCO • FRESH • GRECO • GREEK MYTH: DEJANEIRA • GREEK MYTH: NESSUS • GREEK • GREEKS • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HERACLES • HERACLES: DEJANEIRA, NESSUS • HERAKLES • HERCULES • HERO • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOUSE OF THE VETTI • IMPERIAL EAGLE • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • JUPITER • KILL • KILLING • LAURÉATE • LAUREL WREATH • LEGEND • LIFE OF HERACLES • MITOLOGIA CLASICA • MOTHER • MUM • MURAL PAINTING • MURAL • MYTH • MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NESSUS • NESSUS, CENTAUR • NESSUS, CENTAUR, GREEK MYTH • NESSUS, DEJANEIRA • OLD • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PAINT • PAINTING • POMPEIAN FRESCO • POMPEIAN • POMPEII • POWER (POLITICAL) • POWER • QUARREL • RELIGION • REPTILE: SNAKE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN ERA • ROMAN HOUSE • ROMAN MYTHOLOGY • ROMAN PAINTING • ROMAN PERIOD • ROMAN SOCIETY • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • ROME ANCIENT • ROW • RULE (POLITICAL) • RULE • SCENE • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • SON OF ZEUS • STAGE • STRANGLE • STRANGLING (TO DEATH) • STRANGLING • STRANGULATE • STRENGTH • STRONGMAN • THEATER • THEATRE • THEBAN GENERAL • URBE • VETI • VETTI • VETTII • VILLAGE • WALL PAINTING • WALL • WALLPAINTING • WATER • YOUNG HERACLES • ZEUS