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Bronze figurine of Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion, Italy, 16th century AD (lemmy.world)

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[–] trinsec@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I know it's all just fantasy, but still, a mythical figure is known for wrestling a vicious mythical creature, in this case a lion-like one, it's not really that believable if that lion is dog-sized even if everything never existed in the first place.

I wouldn't be impressed with tales of fantastical fierce dragons either if those dragons were all the size of your handpalm.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

could it be symbolic? i don't know the history, but this might represent a country that's low on resources yet high on pride? that's the impression i get from the sculpture, at least