Burggarten Hercules - Vienna, Austria - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

This fountain has a central sculpture of Hercules fighting a lion. Water spouts from the lion's mouth as well as from the sides of the pond.
No information could be found about the artist but the fountain is listed on Austria's list of national Heritage sites. And this website (visit link) indicates that the eighteenth-century statue was installed in 1948.

Wikipedia (visit link) adds:

"Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek divine hero Heracles, who was the son of Zeus (Roman equivalent Jupiter) and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.

The Romans adapted the Greek hero's iconography and myths for their literature and art under the name Hercules. In later Western art and literature and in popular culture, Hercules is more commonly used than Heracles as the name of the hero. Hercules was a multifaceted figure with contradictory characteristics, which enabled later artists and writers to pick and choose how to represent him. This article provides an introduction to representations of Hercules in the later tradition."

Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 1000 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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