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	Selinunte: Acropolis, Temple C, metope relief of Herakles and Cercopi Selinunte: Temple C, Metope relief of Herakles (Arch.Mus.Palermo; Photo: Athena Review 2004)
	Heracles holds two captive Cercopi, tied upside down on a yoke. The Cercopi were an ungoverned people living around Ephesus, known for robbing and murdering travellers. Hercules, said to have captured many Cercopi, here brings a pair to Queen Omphalos. Zeus later changed the Cercopi into monkeys. The sculpture retains traces of the painted geometric motifs that covered part of the temple exterior. .
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