Hercules and Omphale
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In punishment for his murder of Iphitus, Heracles/Hercules was given to Omphale as a slave. Many variants of this story say that she not only compelled him to do women's work, but compelled him to dress as a woman while her slave.
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In art
- Hercules and Omphale (Cranach the Elder) by Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Hercules and Omphale (Grien)[1] by Grien
- Herakles und Omphale (c.1600) Kunsthistorisches Museum[2] by Bartholomeus Spranger
- Hercules at the Feet of Omphale[3] Gustave Boulanger.
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