Daughters of Thespius

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Gustave Moreau - The Daughters of Thespius [2533 x 2592]

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The Daughters of Thespius Gustave Moreau, 1853.

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Gustave Deloye, Mark the Evangelist, 1878, Plaster, height 205 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Gustave Moreau, 1853. The daughters of Thespius

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The Daughters of Thespius (Les Filles de Thespius) - Gustave Moreau, c. 1853. (Musée national Gustave Moreau, Paris)

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At age 18, Hercules was already a famous hero in Greece. King Thespius who had 50 daughters, assigned to the hero to kill a lion that was plaguing the area. Hercules killed the lion but he also slept with his 50 daughters in one night and each one gave birth one son!

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