Hera, jealous of Zeus's affair with Alcmene (Amphitryon's wife), sent two snakes to kill her divine-born son, Heracles (*), in his cradle; while his mortal half-brother, Iphicles, cried in fear, the infant Heracles, showing his immense strength, strangled the serpents with his bare hands.
Chiron, the wise centaur, taught Heracles medicine, alongside other skills.
The displayed clove is from the collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
(*) In an attempt to appease his wife, Zeus named his natural son Heracles: “glory of Hera.” The mother goddess was evidently not impressed.
Era: Roman.
Photo: Marwān Mislmānī.
Bašīr Zuhdī. Ālihat aṭ-Ṭibb wa Mašāhidahā. Annales Archéologiques Arabes Syriennes XXV 1975 (pp. 83-116).
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