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Pompey and Hercules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2015

Beryl Rawson*
Affiliation:
Australian National University

Extract

There was a temple or shrine to Hercules at Rome which bore Pompey’s name: aedes Herculis Pompeiani. If we knew when Pompey vowed or dedicated it, we might be able to map more clearly his association with this hero figure and thus one aspect of his public image (and his image of himself).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australasian Society for Classical Studies 1970

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