A sculpture of the god Hercules battling his rival Achelous, here transformed into a serpent. The story of #Achelous, in the form of a bull, battling with #Hercules for the hand of Deianeira, was told as early as the 7th century BC.
It's located in the Louvre museum in Paris. Achelous was a son of the Titans and was also said to be the father of the Sirens. The sculpture was made by François Joseph Bosio in 1824.
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