Magical Girdles and Herculean Labours

[chronarchy]

Some may recall that I located a reference to a Roman military belt that is fitted with gold plates depicting the deeds of Hercules in a German text. I have had a thing for the Twelve Labours since I found statutes of eight of them at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna in 2005

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[tesinth]

Anyone know which these two are? I don't.

Hmmm, "Lover's Quarrel" and "Make-up Sex" I do believe. :)

[chronarchy]

Huh, I wonder if those were two of the "lost labours" that Peisandros of Rhodes wrote about?

[chronarchy]

*nods* I've often wanted to trace the use of the two names to see why the Roman became so much more popular, but haven't really had the time.

I'll bet there's some poor PhD's dissertation somewhere, gathering dust, entitled, "Hercules and Heracles: An Evolution of Preference and a Discussion of Greco-Roman Confusion in Post-Renaissance European Courts"

[peaceful_fox]

I am sure you won't be surprised to find out that I took photos of those as well! :-D

[chronarchy]

Not a bit! Did you find the ones I'm missing? For the life of me, I could not locate all 12!

[peaceful_fox]

I have to go home to see which ones I have. I'll let you know when I look at the photos tonight!

[chronarchy]

It appears you are correct!

[chronarchy]

I am guessing that it's also not a labour, as I simply can't locate anything in it that looks iconic enough to actually designate it as such. Of course, do I remember if it was paired with the one of Heracles and the giant? No, I do not. *sighs* I'll be sifting through info on Heracles for a while, I suspect, looking for the smoking gun here.

[ns_kumiho]

Second one looks like Heracles' battle against Antaeus.

Not sure on the first one.

[chronarchy]

You, too, seem to win the prize for that second one.

[chronarchy]

Haha. Score one on this test, then! That confirms it! (You did pass that test, right?)