Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes

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Akimov Ivan Akimovich - Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes
Number:011123
Title:Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes
Artist: Akimov, Ivan Akimovich (1754-1814)
Museum: State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Method: Oil on canvas
Created: 1782
School: Russia
Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
Trend in art: Classicism
Keywords: Greek Mythology, Odyssey, Homer, Hero, Ulysses, Odysseus, Ancient Greek, Legend, Iliad, Heracles, Trojan War, Troy, Hercules, Philoctetes