Omphale, Queen of Ludia, combing Greek hero Hercules hair

Omphale, Queen of Ludia, combing Greek hero Hercules hair. He reaches out for the skin of the Nemean lion. On sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Hercules and Omphale in Sardonie Orient and Dactyl. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785

Ancient History Antiquarian Charles Francis Greville Classical History Comb Dactylotheca Greek Hero Greek Myth Hercules John Boydell John Spilsbury Mezzotint Nemean Lion Omphale Roman Myth Sardonyx

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