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Tomb of the Bulls
	  
A bull with the face of Achelous, who
took the shape of a bull during a fight with
Hercules, who proceeded to tear off
one of his horns and thus to win the battle.

Etruscan fresco (detail), ca. 550 BCE,
Tarquinia, Italy.

Tomb of the Bulls
A bull with the face of Achelous, who
took the shape of a bull during a fight with
Hercules, who proceeded to tear off
one of his horns and thus to win the battle.

Etruscan fresco (detail), ca. 550 BCE,
Tarquinia, Italy.


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