Hercules & Telephus

Title: "Hercules & Telephus "

Location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

Material: Marble
Height: 2.62 meters

Date: 1st - 2nd centaury AD

Original artist: Lysippe

Source: http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S26.10.html

http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Telephus.html

Photo: Caitlyn Mitchell

Significance of the work:

This statue depicts Hercules holding his son, Telephus, whose mother is Augne_, daughter of King Aleus. When Aleus discovers the birth of their child, he abandons him on Mount Parthenius in Arcadia. Left to die, Telephus’ only nourishment comes from a fawn who nurses him until he is discovered by shepards who then adopt and raise him. This statue portrays the nursing fawn that saves Telephus’s life. This statue found in the Louvre is actually a Roman replica of a Greek statue from the fourth century BC.