Resting Hercules

Colossal statue standing on a base, in white Pentelic marble, found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, in the passageway between the frigidarium and the north-western gymnasium. The statue depicts Hercules naked, mature and bearded, with turgid muscles. His small head, with short curly hair, is tilted to the left with a thoughtful and melancholic gaze turned downwards. The powerful figure gravitat…