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The Farnese Hercules (Italian: Ercole Farnese) Roman copy, detail, late 2nd early 3rd century AD. A copy of a Greek original by Lysippos from the second half of the 4th century BC. The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 AD), where the statue was recovered in 1546. It was signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; the name is Greek but he may have worked in Rome. Naples Archaeological Museum.

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The Farnese Hercules (Italian: Ercole Farnese) Roman copy, detail, late 2nd early 3rd century AD. A copy of a Greek original by Lysippos from the second half of the 4th century BC. The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in 216 AD), where the statue was recovered in 1546. It was signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; the name is Greek but he may have worked in Rome. Naples Archaeological Museum.

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https://flic.kr/p/dVbMJV | Lysippos, Farnese Hercules, right hand | Lysippos, Farnese Hercules (also Weary Hercules), 4th century B.C.E., later Roman copy signed "Glykon of Athens" (in Greek letters), c. 216 C.E., 10 feet 5 inches high, found in the ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome in 1546 (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) Learn More on Smarthistory

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