Cacus
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In Roman mythology, Cacus was a fire-breathing giant and the son of Vulcan. He was killed by Hercules after terrorizing the Aventine Hill before the founding of Rome.
Hercules killing the fire-breathing Cacus, engraving by Sebald Beham (1545)
Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli (1525–34); (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence)
Hercules and Cacus
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Hercules and Cacus is an Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.
Cacus
…Cacus so tightly that Cacus' eyes popped out and there was no blood left in his throat: et angit inhaerens elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur. Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli (1525–34); (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence) Another version of the myth states that Cacus made the cattle walk backwards so they left…
Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli, Piazza della Signoria, Florence
Hercules (detail)