"hercules kills cacus", by baccio bandinelli (1534); piazza della signoria, florence, in front of palazzo vecchio. The myth tells that hercules, after killing the monster geryon and stealing a herd of oxen from him, went to sleep near the cave where cacus lived. This was a monster son of vulcan, who took advantage of hercules' nap to steal four bulls and four cows. But hercules didn't take it well: he uncovered caco's cave and killed him, thus also doing a favor to the local population.
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