Telephus Son of Ηerαkles

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Telephus Son of Ηerαkles
Telephus Son of Ηerαkles

Telephus was son of Hercules and Auge, priestess of Athena and daughter of Aleus, king of Tegea. Fearing the prophecy of an oracle predicting that the son of Auge would kill his children, the king attempted to drive away Auge and his son or to kill them.
The character Telephus is the centre of a mythological narrative rich in variants.
According to the version of the myth whose epilogue is represented in this painting, Auge managed to escape, abandoning the newborn child on the mountains of Arcadia, mount Parthenos, where he was raised by a hint. Hint, in Greek, is ἔλαφος – elaphos, from which comes the name Telephos that the shepherds gave to the child. Later, Telephos was found and recognized by his father.
The painting summarizes all the details of this version of the myth.
The central majestic dame who appears in a sitting posture, crowned with flowers, a basket of fruit at her side, and a rustic staff in her left hand is the personification of Arcadia the tutelary deity of the infant Telephus. Behind her a young satyr holds a syrinx (panpipe) and a pedum (shepherd's crook): they were the proper symbols of the god Pan. They recall a natural environment.
Herakles, adorned with his most remarkable attributes lion-skin, bow, and club, attentively surveys him, whilst a young nymph, distinguished by wings, some ears of corn, and a crown of olive points at Telephus with her finger. In the foreground the hint takes care for of the little Telephus portrayed next to his father Herakles.
According to others sources of the myth, mother and son crossed the sea to Asia Minor floating in a chest. There Telephus, eventually, became king of the Mysians.

Source: March J., “Cassell Dictionary of Classical Mythology”

Roman fresco
Diomention 218 x 182 cm
50-79 AD
From Herculaneum, so-called Basilica (Augusteum)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. no. 9008

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