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Arkady Pugachevsky

 

The Cretan Bull

by Arkady Pugachevsky

119×85 mm, X6/4, 1994, op. # 55
owner (customer): W. K. De Bruijn

The Cretan Bull and Heracles

The Seventh Labour of Heracles

Heracles was compelled to capture the bull as his seventh task. He sailed to Crete, whereupon the King of Crete, Minos, gave Heracles permission to take the bull away, as it had been wreaking havoc on Crete. Heracles used his hands to strangle the bull, and then shipped it back to Athens. Eurystheus wanted to sacrifice the bull to Hera, who hated Heracles. She refused the sacrifice because it reflected glory on Heracles. The bull was released and wandered into Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian Bull. Some stories say that Heracles, along with Theseus, killed King Minos' Minotaur as the seventh labour.

 

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