The masculine but attractive Queen of Lydia, to whom Herculēs was bound a slave for three years. He fell in love with her, and led an effeminate life spinning wool, while Omʹphale wore the lion’s skin and was lady paramount.
⁂ The celebrated picture of Hercules spinning in the presence of Omphale, by Annibal Carracci, is in the Farnese Gallery.
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