Hercules driven to madness. Engraving from Tableaux

Hercules driven to madness. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbe de Marolles a French churchman and translator. "Hercules Furens" (The Madness of Hercules) is a tragedy by the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger, written in or before 54 CE. Closely modelled on "Heracles" by Euripides, the play describes the fortunes of the demi-god Hercules (Heracles in Greek) as he is sent mad by the goddess Iris and the Furies and kills his own wife and children

1600 1655 1681 Abbe Closely Demi-god Describes Driven Euripides Fortunes Furies Heracles Hercules Iris Kills Madness Marolles Modelled Muses Seneca Tableaux Translator

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