Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger.

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Alcmene giving birth to Hercules surrounded by attendants: in the background a woman is hitting another over the head with a stone. Line engraving by F. Bouttats the younger. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The women fighting in the background may be Eileithyia fighting with Galinthias, prior to or instead of turning her into a weasel (Greek "galeē"): on the transformation story see Jane Davidson Reid, The Oxford guide to classical mythology in the arts, 1300-1990s, New York 1993

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1 print : line engraving ; image 16.4 x 22.2 cm

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Fred Bouttats sculp.

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Wellcome Collection 16889i

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